Glasgow bucks Scottish trend, votes for independence
- 10 years ago
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STORY: Glasgow has voted for breaking from the United Kingdom, giving its backing to independence by voting 53.5% "Yes" to 46.5% "No".
Turnout in the area was 75% with "Yes" winning by 194,779 to the "No" campaign's 169,347.
The campaign for independence has galvanised this country of 5.3 million but also divided friends and families from the remote Scottish islands of the Atlantic to the tough city estates of Glasgow.
Breaking apart the United Kingdom has worried allies, investors and the entire British elite whose leaders rushed late in the campaign to check what opinion polls showed was a surge in support for independence.
Seeking to tap into a cocktail of historical rivalry, opposing political tastes and a perception that London has mismanaged Scotland, nationalists say Scots, not London, should rule Scotland to build a wealthier and fairer country.
Unionists say independence would usher in financial, economic an
STORY: Glasgow has voted for breaking from the United Kingdom, giving its backing to independence by voting 53.5% "Yes" to 46.5% "No".
Turnout in the area was 75% with "Yes" winning by 194,779 to the "No" campaign's 169,347.
The campaign for independence has galvanised this country of 5.3 million but also divided friends and families from the remote Scottish islands of the Atlantic to the tough city estates of Glasgow.
Breaking apart the United Kingdom has worried allies, investors and the entire British elite whose leaders rushed late in the campaign to check what opinion polls showed was a surge in support for independence.
Seeking to tap into a cocktail of historical rivalry, opposing political tastes and a perception that London has mismanaged Scotland, nationalists say Scots, not London, should rule Scotland to build a wealthier and fairer country.
Unionists say independence would usher in financial, economic an