<p>Alex Salmond resigned yesterday. The SNP leader will probably be Nicola Sturgeon.</p>
<p>Trouble is brewing in Glasgow.</p>
<p>Lasma- I don’t think the pregnancy had any influence. I think the no vote was mainly based on economics.</p>
<p>“Trouble is brewing in Glasgow.”</p>
<p>A friend in Glasgow had a horrible experience trying to get home last night. </p>
<p>razor my grandmother is rolling over in her grave with the mere mention of Northern Ireland leaving the UK. Her entire family were Ulstermen.</p>
<p>Since NI is enjoying an unprecedented period of peace and civil war is not a fun prospect, that issue will be left to lie.</p>
<p>I recently found out that my mother is actually a British citizenship. I always thought she only had dual citizenship, but apparently nope. She was born with three citizenships including British. </p>
<p>We both thought that the "No"s would win. She thought that was best for all involved whereas I really don’t know enough about the situation to have an opinion. </p>
<p>I’m a bit concerned about what’s going to happen next. I truly hope the trouble doesn’t stir any more than it already is. </p>
<p>I believe part of the reason for the partitioning of Ireland was to avoid all out civil war at the time.( Of course, this caused many problems in Northern Ireland later). When Ireland separated from the UK, Northern Ireland had a choice of staying part of the UK or going with the rest of Ireland. They chose to to say part of the UK. (I think there was a brief - as in a matter of days - period where they were separated from the UK but made the election to stay with the UK. Part of the problem with the Northern Ireland situation is that a large percentage of the population consider themselves British and want to stay with the UK every bit as passionately as others want to leave it. No easy solution there.</p>
<p>My first husband was of Irish descent. I was raised a Catholic in England and had absolutely no clue how deep the religious divides in Ireland were. He would tell me stories of going to dances in Belfast and the first question asked when you asked someone to dance was what your religion was. His parents were Protestants. Dad (Paddy) was from Belfast. Mum (lovely lady) was from Southern Ireland, a small village right on the border and, at the time I knew her, it was an incredibly divided town. Two of everything - 2 butchers, 2 bakers etc - one for Catholics and one for protestants. When we visited, we had to make sure not to go to the wrong store or it could get the people we were visiting in trouble. My husband was a police officer in London and with his short hair, English accent, and military bearing, The Garda thought he was British Military & followed us everywhere to make sure there was no trouble. We had spent 2 weeks in Southern Ireland and never encountered any problems until we were on the border. </p>
<p>This was in the 70s when the troubles were at their worst and we had the bombings in London. He actually had a bomb explode as he approached a suspicious package - no damage other than to his eardrum.</p>
<p>The problem with the independence question in Scotland, Northern Ireland, & Wales is that those who want to stay part of the UK feel every bit as passionate about it as those who want independence. The no voters in Scotland would have been absolutely devastated if yesses had won. One of my friends is an Aberdonian and was terrified the Yesses would win. (& no, not a fear thing as some would like to think, that woman is afraid of nothing!) I have Scottish, Irish & Welsh friends and they identify with their British nationality every bit as much as they do with their individual Nationality. As do I. I am British and I am English. Not one or the other. Both. </p>