Scottish Independence Referendum: What the Tweeters are saying

AS THE debate over the Scottish Independence Referendum rages on, several people including leading politicians, Scottish bloggers and representatives from the major parties have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts and opinions.

Here, we provide a selection of tweets on Scottish independence from all political angles, ranging from the serious, to the lighthearted.

@zopalok In theory Westminster only loans out powers to Holyrood. In practice Westminster cannot ignore the will of the Scottish public.

@scouriebeast Big difference between Alex Salmond and Cameron, Alex Salmond has a majority and a mandate, Cameron has neither.

@murdofraser I am getting rather tired of hearing about the SNP’s ‘overwhelming mandate’. It amounted to less than 23% of the voting population.

@roryscothorne Were there a referendum on UK leaving EU, would David Cameron approve of that being run from Brussels?

@derekrootboy If anyone’s interested, I’ve no fixed view on independence. Neither in principle for nor against it. But unionist parties help SNP.

@ImAEightiesFan I wish Downing Street would put an end to the SNP. Independence is going to ruin this country and it will destroy the Union.

@malcolmchishol1 (Malcolm Chisholm) Labour must speak out against Cameron’s mad meddling which will greatly increase support for independence

@davidmagliano If Scotland gains independence, does the Union Jack become a red asterisk?

@ramsay59 Scotland wants referendum sooner rather than later. All Parties want single question. Is Alex Salmond the roadblock to real referendum?

@griffithstephen If Scotland wants to leave the UK, surely the whole UK should vote. We are a union, and not an Empire.

@petercranie So the stage is set. Salmond to offer Scots a vote on Scottish independence and membership of the EU then? Cameron should have steered clear.

@theSNP We will stick to what we said in election - referendum on independence in second half of parly term.

@johannlamont We want the referendum to be held as quickly as possible and we want it to be run in Scotland.

• You can keep up with all the tweets on Scottish Independence using the hashtags #sp4 and #ScotFwd