An 11th Hour Referendum Voting Guide, courtesy of me and my own thoughts. HM The Queen and I share a number of similarities – colour coordination in our outfits, an air of quiet dignity, a neat, traditional hairstyle etc etc . . . and the belief that people should think very carefully when they go to the polling stations in Scotland later this morning. . . . unless you’re voting No, in which case I think you’ve got your head screwed on and have nothing to think twice about. I’ll keep it simple. . . . Keep the pound (with a central bank behind it – crucial FYI). Keep the integrated economy and common, unimpeded market with the rest of the UK, upon which a million plus jobs depend. Keep all the other stuff we take for granted now but don’t necessarily shout or worry about but, in actual fact, really enjoy having. With a No vote, we can end much of the uncertainty. And end any more division. And prevent unnecessary acrimony with the rest of the UK. We can get a lot more devolved powers (the main Westminster parties have been shaken to the core by the fact that the UK might break up - they can’t back out of this now). We can work towards a ‘fairer society’ out of that arrangement, without handing ourselves a situation beset by uncertainty and division (not to mention a potential economic crisis if the markets don’t back Scotland in the early stages, if there isn’t a currency union and if companies and jobs move south). In terms of the way campaigns have positioned themselves, aYes vote would probably mean a good party . . . but it would be one hell of a hangover and I think we’d end up losing a lot more than we would gain. And, by the way, you’re just as Scottish voting No as you are voting Yes. We are a nation, no one disputes that. But we can still be part of a UNITED Kingdom. . . . .And, in the spirit of unity among nations. . . .the ORIGINAL version of ‘All Together Now’ – https://youtube/watch?v=F7MwXniOD44 (A Liverpudlian band reflecting on the Christmas Truce 1914 . . . . I particularly like the line in the song – ‘The boys had their say they said no’) KEEP CALM AND VOTE NO. #bettertogether #proudtobescottishdelightedtobeunited #lookingforwardtomovingonfromthisreferendum
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:31:32 +0000
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