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19 of September, 09:20

Scotland remains in the UK In Scotland held a referendum on the autonomy of the Kingdom and secession from England. First, voting, and now the vote count carefully observes the whole world. The counting started immediately after the end of the current voting at 22:00 local time (1:00 at the time of the capital).

The Scots undertook to answer only 1 question "Should Scotland be an independent country?". However, the number of allies and rivals the autonomy of the Kingdom by the time of the referendum approximately equal, and therefore the fate of the region, the United Kingdom and the political picture of the world decided on 18 September.

Voting at the polling stations was completed in 22:00, right after it started counting and voting data began to arrive. About the need to protect the integrity or to declare independence has already managed to speak to the artists, singers, writers and political figures. Now the global community froze in anticipation of what is still to this account stated themselves inhabitants of Scotland.

According to currently available data, the leading proponents of unity. At most sites, where the counting of votes, more than 60% of those voting voted against secession from England, according to RIA Novosti. With all of this, the referendum, as noted by all observers, marked a record high turnout. For the final victory of the opponents of autonomy will have to get another 425 803 thousand voices, notice the English media.

These data meet the data and exit poll, which had previously notified the Melbourne Herald sun. Data from a sample survey Ipsos Mori for the newspaper the London Evening Standard claims that a large part of the inhabitants of Scotland in favour of unity with great Britain. More than fifty percent - 53 percent - of respondents in exit polling station called for the consent within the boundaries of the United Kingdom, together with those for autonomy voted 47%.
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