"Fucking Welsh!"
It's not only the Italians who can provide perplexing, nail-biting or just plain inconclusive results - ask Tony Blair. The prime minister is still under investigation by North Wales police for allegedly venting his frustration after the principality rewarded the Labour government - which gave it its first sliver of independence from England since 1282 by creating the Welsh assembly - by voting in such numbers for Plaid Cymru that Labour lost out on an a outright majority by just two seats.
If Tony's language that night turned a little blue, imagine the expletives shattering the Downing Street peace the year before on the night of the actual referendum itself - a whopping 0.6% majority in favour of establishing the Welsh Assembly (50.3% agreed to the question "I agree there should be a Welsh assembly", to 49.7% who demurred.)
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