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Joan Rowling is proud of a referendum in Scotland: "A significant turnout, a peaceful democratic process"
The famous British writer, the author of Potteriana, Joan Rowling, who previously expressed the preservation of Scotland as part of the United Kingdom, said that she was proud of how the referendum passed.
“I did not sleep all night, I watched how Scotland is a story. A significant turnout, a peaceful democratic process: we should be proud of,” Rowling wrote on her Twitter.
#indyref Been Up All Night Watching Scotland Make History. A Huge Turnout, A Peaceful Democratic Process: We Shoup Be Proud.
- JK Rowling (@jk_rowning) September 19, 2014Earlier, the writer supported the unity of the United Kingdom and donated about a million pounds in favor of the Better Together campaign, aimed at persuading voters in Scotland to abandon the idea of independence.
“My anxiety about Scotland’s independence does not mean at all that I do not believe in the Scots or underestimate their achievements. The truth is that Scotland is faced with the same problems as the rest of the world in the 21st century .... As soon as serious questions are asked: what kind of currency we have, whether we will enter the European Union again - in response there are accusations of panicism,” Rowling explained, ”Rowling explained your position.
Recall that the leader of the legendary Rolling Stones group Mick Jagger, musician Paul McCartney, actress Helena Bonem Carter and Judy Dench, physicist, composer Andrew Lloyd Weber, supermodel Kate Kate Moss, Rod Stuart and Steuart and Judge, Steuart and Judge, Steuart and Judge, Steuart and Judy-Carter. British singer of Scottish descent, winner of the Britain's Got Talent television book Suzan Boyle.
Actor, performer of the role of Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe, also does not consider the independence necessary. “Personally, I like Great Britain as it is now,” he said. Radcliffe’s colleague, winner of the American Film Academy Actress Emma Thomson admitted that as a daughter Scotland can understand the hobby of the inhabitants of the region by the idea of independence, but does not share her.
In Scotland, a referendum was held on Thursday, the only issue on which was "did you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?"
The vote took place with a record high voter appeal - 84.5%. Although the voting results for 31 out of 32 polling stations have been calculated, it is obvious that nothing can change - Scotland remains in the UK.
44.6% voted in the 31st section of the Scotland department from the UK (1 million 539 thousand 920 people) of the referendum participants, against - 55.4% (1 million 914 thousand 187 people).