These are a couple of the sights which I saw in rural Fife today. The first photo is of a house in Falkland, the inhabitants are obviously proud Scots who want to let everyone know that they will be voting Yes in tomorrow’s independence referendum.
The photo below was taken not far away from the Yes house. You can’t see it clearly as the No was written in blue on the hay bales by the local farmer. The banner above says Proud to be Scots. Delighted to be United.
There have been similar sights all over Scotland, often the opposing posters are in neighbouring fields, so even the farming communities are completely split by this big decision.
I did think that I would be one of those people swithering over the ballot paper but quite a while ago I decided to vote Yes, for lots of different reasons.
The No voters are cramped by fear of the unknown and most of them seem to be voting No because they have a fear that they will soemehow lose their old age pension. I have no such fear as I have already been bounced out of a pension by the recent decision takers at Westminster. I also think it’s hilarious that people are worried about the paltry pensions which they get at the moment, just about the lowest in the European Community.
My main reason for voting Yes is my worry about the future of the National Health Service. The powers that be at Westminster are busy planning to privatise the health service and I have no wish to live in a country which chooses to allow businessmen to make profits from sick people, that’s obscene and completely immoral as far as I’m concerned.
Another reason I’ll be voting Yes is the fact that Cameron has promised to hold a referendum about the future of the UK in Europe – in 2016 I believe. I don’t know of anyone in Scotland who wants to leave the European Community but I do know that England is full of people who want to leave Europe. From those so-called middle class Little Englanders (the type of person who when you are introduced to them as a Scot say to you – Well the least said about THAT the better. Really they have no manners at all!) to the rabidly mental HATE tattoed skinheads of the BNP and not forgetting the Ukip weirdos.
Of course I want to get rid of nuclear weapons from Scotland too. If we didn’t have that horrific base in the west of Scotland then we wouldn’t have had the likes of Obama weighing in with his thoughts on the matter. Is it just me or do other people think that it’s just outrageous when people from other countries try to exert pressure on us?
If as is predicted tomorrow’s vote ends up with a very narrow win for the Better Together No voters, it’ll be very interesting to see what will happen if the UK tries to take Scotland out of Europe. What will the No voters feel like then?
Whatever happens, we’ll definitely have an independent Scotland eventually, no matter what nonsense the bankers and businessmen spout. It might not be in my lifetime though and I might just have to put up with devo-max.
At the moment though I’m worried about poor wee Nicola Sturgeon, the poor lassie looks knackered. She could be doing with a few bowls of my home-made soup to build up her energy again!