To Be or Not to Be .....

Over the year I have swayed from Yes to Dont Know positions most of the time. And also less frequently I was a No. Sometimes these positions could change in the space of a thought. Sometimes I was a Yes for three days in a row or for a few hours. The typical questions for me seemed to be answered. I had satisfactory answers on currency, the EU and in fact for a No vote the EU stance seems more risky.
A personal one for me is the Childcare issue and I dont like the direction being proposed with a Yes.

But overall my personal hope has/had been for Yes.

The Better Together campaign has been dreadful. No positivity. But many people feel it is a "safer" vote and we are already in a better situation in many ways than for example England as we have no University tuition fees etc.  However other questions which concern voters who may vote No include Questions about families stranded across borders. There are many ties binding us between all the countries on this small island. And remember our situation is different from some other mainland Europe countries as we have sea borders on all sides. We are in this together whether we like it or not. Although having visited an island in the North of Scotland this weekend it is very obvious how far it is from Westminster or even Edinburgh - they are different worlds. And Westminster and Edinburgh need to remember this !

If its a No vote we do need to get together after this and make plans for the future. And we need to work with friends and colleagues in England to come up with some sort of Citizens Charter. Maybe have an online "referendum" opinion site where we can all agree on issues such as

• lets not upgrade Trident as its owned by the Americans 
• lets preserve the NHS, lets encourage companies who are exporting,
• lets make sure the profits from oil are either saved for a nest egg or are distributed amongst us.
• Lets reform land so we dont have huge landowners which leads to depopulation of the countryside in Scotland - a peculiarly Scottish issue !

SO FINGERS CROSSED ON THURSDAY - GOOD LUCK TO SCOTLAND !!!

And Maybe I'll change my mind again ............. in fact heard more very good reasons this morning to vote one particular way ...... but I do not like people bullying others into their point of view. Whatever your view yes be passionate, yes answer questions if asked but don't make assumptions about others and don't start trying to convert people one way or the other without being asked - there is nothing more annoying !

And I suppose either way one of the worst results would be if it comes down to just a few voters on either side, especially if they don't get over 50% of the population. It should always have been stipulated that at least 50% of population agreed to such a massive change.  Especially when it is now possible to do a postal vote if you cant make it to the polling station on Thursday.