With the likes of Cory Bernardi suggesting he will not consider himself bound by a "yes" result, why bother to express your view in a plebiscite if your senator or local member is going to ignore it anyway?
Hundreds assembled in Dublin Castle's courtyard to hear the result announced, and as the "yes" result was announced, the crowd melted into a sea of flickering rainbow flags and tearful eyes.
Chris Huhne tore into its claim – reinforced in an advertising campaign – that a "yes" result in the poll on 5 May over replacing the first-past-the-post system with the alternative vote (AV) would cost Britain £250m.
For me, a "yes" result on the referendum doesn't just affect LGBT rights—it represents a war against society.
For me, a "yes" result on the referendum doesn't just affect LGBT rights—it represents a war against society.
She burst into tears at the 62% "yes" result: "Not tears of joy, tears of release," she says.
The vote is expected to yield a "yes" result, which would fortify the Kurds' position for secession during talks with Baghdad but would not automatically enable independence.
Both activated Neu and PyV mT form stable complexes with c-Src and c-Yes, resulting in an increase in the specific activity of these Src family kinases [ 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22*, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27*].
Salmond appeared to be even more bullish about the prospect of a yes result by the time he reached Perth yesterday evening, predicting that there would be a "decisive yes vote" next week.
Santos had been confident of a yes result and said during the campaign that he did not have a plan B and that Colombia would return to war if the no vote won.
While refusing to say which way anyone should vote next Friday, D'Arcy disputed doom-laden warnings from both the Catholic hierarchy and other Christian churches springing up all over Ireland that a yes result would spell the end of traditional marriage.
