Inside The Room: The Scottish Independence Referendum (Part 3: The result)

Political Currency

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Business, Economy, George Osborne, Westminster, Politics, News, Money, Ed Balls

4 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A decade ago, the Scottish people went to the polls for a referendum vote to make a choice: should the country break free of the United Kingdom? Ultimately, they voted to stay by a resounding margin – crushing the hopes of the Scottish National Party and soothing the fears of the British government of the day. But the issue of Independence continues to divide, and in this special miniseries, George Osborne and Ed Balls are joined by the former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to take a fresh, forensic look at the forces, decisions and party politics that drove the independence movement.

With just weeks to go, polling suggested the ‘Yes’ campaign had it, and Scottish voters were going to vote to leave. Nicola Sturgeon reveals the sense of jubilation inside the SNP when the tide began to turn their way, and fear the British establishment was only set to become more ferocious. If the poll had come just a little later, could the ‘Yes’ side have been triumphant? Did the “Vow” – a promise for more devolution powers – make a difference? Who was convinced Rupert Murdoch was going to use his tabloid to support their interests?

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1:33.9	You're listening to Episode 3 of Inside the Room, the Scottish Independence Referendum.
1:38.9	The drama is really getting going now as we enter the final two weeks of campaigning.
1:40.3	Here's what's coming up.
1:45.0	The might of the British establishment raining down in our heads was just suddenly going to get even more ferocious.
1:46.0	Ruperman Rock attended at an SMP rally or an independent rally without anyone noticing.
1:52.0	It was an astonishing thing to go from independence being 30% to being so close.
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