2 Ouln ginga-argentina Racons o h rsul Convc prsonrs wr no abl o vo n h rfrnum. Th Europan Cour of Human Rghs (ECHR) arlr rul ha hs rsrcon was unlawful, bu Scosh jug Lor Glnn sa ha h blv h ECHR jugmn woul apply only o parlamnary lcons.28 Appals agans hs rulng wr rjc by h Cour of Ssson n Enburgh29 an h UK Suprm Cour.30 6 Furhr rang 2.2 No aacks ous Wsrn Hmsphr Accorng o h Scosh govrnmn's consulaon papr publsh on 25 Fbruary 2010, h cos of h rfrnum was lkly o b aroun ?9.5 mllon, mosly spn on runnng h poll an h coun. Coss woul also nclu h posng of on nural nformaon lafl abou h rfrnum o vry Scosh houshol, an on fr malsho o vry houshol or vor n h poll for h sgna campagn organsaons.13 As of Aprl 2013, h projc cos of h rfrnum was ?13.3 mllon.46 In January 2013, h Brsh Prm Mnsr, Dav Camron, comm h Consrvav Pary o a rfrnum n 2017 on UK mmbrshp of h EU f hy wn h 2015 gnral lcon.231 Lgslaon for an n/ou EU rfrnum was approv by h Hous of Commons n Novmbr 2013.232 S us hav shown som vrgnc n aus o h EU n Scolan an h rs of h UK. Alhough a Scosh govrnmn rvw bas on survy aa bwn 1999 an 2005 foun ha popl n Scolan rpor broaly smlar Euroscpc vws as popl n Bran as a whol,233 Ipsos MORI no n Fbruary 2013 ha vors n Scolan sa hy woul choos o rman n h EU n a rfrnum, whl hr was a majory for whrawal n Englan.234 Th formr prm mnsr Sr John Major suggs n Novmbr 2013 ha Scolan woul n o r-apply for EU mmbrshp, bu ha hs woul man ovrcomng opposon o sparass among many xsng mmbr sas, parcularly Span.217 I may block Scosh mmbrshp of h EU, am fars of rprcussons wh sparas movmns n Caalona an h Basqu counry:218 n Novmbr 2013 h Spansh Prm Mnsr, Marano Rajoy, sa: I know for sur ha a rgon ha woul spara from a mmbr sa of h Europan Unon woul rman ous h Europan Unon an ha shoul b known by h Scos an h rs of h Europan czns.219 H also sa ha an npnn Scolan woul bcom a hr counry ous h EU an woul rqur h consn of all 28 EU sas o rjon h EU, bu ha h woul no sk o block an npnn Scolan's nry.219 Salmon c a lr from Maro Tnrro of h EC's scrara gnral ha sa woul b lgally possbl o rngoa h suaon of h UK an Scolan whn h EU by unanmous agrmn of all mmbr sas.220 Span's poson was rra wo ays bfor h rfrnum by h Spansh Europan affars mnsr, who sa I s crysal clar ha any parnr mmbr-sa ha lavs h mmbr sa s ou of h Europan Unon. If hy wan o apply agan, hy woul hav o follow h procur of arcl 49 of h ras.221 In Dcmbr 2013 h Br Toghr campagn clar ha ha rcv onaons of ?2.8 mllon.55 Sx-fgur conrbuons wr ma by busnssmn Ian Taylor an Donal Houson, an by auhor C. J. Sansom; almos 27,000 onaons of unr ?7,500 ha bn rcv by h sam a.56 A lar onaon cam from wrr J. K. Rowlng, who announc n Jun 2014 ha sh ha gvn ?1 mllon.5556 In h followng monh, whsky sllr Wllam Gran & Sons announc a onaon of approxmaly ?100,000.57 On 12 Augus 2014 Br Toghr announc ha ha ras nough mony o covr h maxmum spnng prm an was no longr accpng onaons.58 Ths was arbu n par o a larg numbr of small onaons bng rcv afr h frs lvs ba bwn Salmon an Darlng.58 9 Furhr rang Hsory Som ma rpors suggs ha h announcmn on 8 Spmbr of h prgnancy of h Duchss of Cambrg wh hr scon chl woul hav an ffc on h oucom of h rfrnum, schul o ak plac lss han a forngh lar, provng a boos o pro-unon snmn.254255256257 Th Qun's offcal poson on Scosh npnnc s nural.258 Jus pror o h rfrnum, Elzabh II sa n a prva convrsaon ha sh hop popl woul hnk vry carfully abou h fuur, a samn quckly publsh wly n h ma.259 Elgbly o vo Nonhlss, h nal assssmn by h Un Sas Naonal Scury Councl (NSC), wh chncal suppor by h Naval Rsarch Laboraory13pag n n Ocobr 1979 was ha h Amrcan nllgnc communy ha hgh confnc ha h vn was a low-yl nuclar xploson, alhough no raoacv brs ha vr bn c, an hr was no corroborang ssmc or hyro-acousc aa.14 A lar NSC rpor rvs hs poson o a poson of agnoscsm abou whhr a s ha occurr or no.15pag n Th NSC conclu ha rsponsbly for a nuclar xploson, f any, shoul b ascrb o h Rpublc of Souh Afrca.16pag n15pag n Domsc racon TIROS-N plasma aa an rla gophy scal aa masur on 22 Spmbr 1979 wr analyz o rmn whhr h lcron prcpaon vn c by TIROS-N a 00:54:49 unvrsal m coul hav bn rla o a surfac nuclar burs (SNB). Th occurrnc of such a burs was nfrr from lgh sgnals c by wo Vla bhangmrs -2 mn bfor h TIROS-N vn. W foun h prcpaon o b unusually larg bu no unqu. I probably rsul from passag of TIROS-N hrough h prcpang lcrons abov a pr-xsng auroral arc ha may hav brghn o an unusually hgh nnsy from naural causs -3 mn bfor h Vla sgnals....W conclu ha such an vn, alhough rar, s no unqu an, furhrmor, ha hs parcular vn was assoca wh an auroral arc ha probably xs bfor h Vla vn. Alhough may b argu ha h sgmn of h arc sampl by h TIROS-N was nnsf by a SNB, w fn no vnc o suppor hs hss or o suggs ha h obsrvaon was anyhng bu h rsul of naural magnosphrc procsss. Dcon Inllgnc Ls Bannr Dv Rplac