here<\/a>, and usually we get similar outcomes, although with a greater number of people invariably voting on YouTube. Yesterday, we did not. We got this result here:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-at-07.10.14-550x308.png\")
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The vote was clear: the Union cannot survive.<\/p>\n
YouTube viewers were not nearly so sure:<\/p>\n
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Note that nearly twenty times the number of people voted (we had more than 100,000 views on YouTube yesterday, altogether). There, the result is a decided 'maybe'.<\/p>\n
What is clear in both cases is that the Union cannot survive without reform. The YouTube result is most interesting for suggesting that to be the case. 77% think change will have to happen in some form.<\/p>\n
I stress, this is not scientific. It does, however, make it clear that discussing what the processes of change should involve is a worthwhile activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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