So it's been two weeks since Scotland voted to remain the in UK (55-45%), and a week since I got back from holiday.
When I woke up on the 19th and realised what the result was, my initial reaction was a mix of despair and anger. I wanted out of the country, and fortunately I had a flight that afternoon to Crete.
While on holiday I managed to mull things over, and since I got back I've realised that what probably swung it for the NO side was the success of their campaign of fear, which actually included figures like Danny Alexander coming out with outright lies on live tv debates. For example, he said that in the event of a YES, Lloyds bank would move their HQ from Scotland to England. He had no response when it was pointed out to him that their HQ actually WAS based in England. This was just one example of the many lies told. Others included "You won't get your pension as you'll be in a foreign country". Well, just how do ex-pats living in (for example) Spain get their pension then?
Now I'm back, I've calmed down, and I've realised, we lost the battle, not the war. The various pro-indy groups are still fired up, and the pro-indy political parties have found their memberships swelling.
Watch this space, it's not over yet.
When I woke up on the 19th and realised what the result was, my initial reaction was a mix of despair and anger. I wanted out of the country, and fortunately I had a flight that afternoon to Crete.
While on holiday I managed to mull things over, and since I got back I've realised that what probably swung it for the NO side was the success of their campaign of fear, which actually included figures like Danny Alexander coming out with outright lies on live tv debates. For example, he said that in the event of a YES, Lloyds bank would move their HQ from Scotland to England. He had no response when it was pointed out to him that their HQ actually WAS based in England. This was just one example of the many lies told. Others included "You won't get your pension as you'll be in a foreign country". Well, just how do ex-pats living in (for example) Spain get their pension then?
Now I'm back, I've calmed down, and I've realised, we lost the battle, not the war. The various pro-indy groups are still fired up, and the pro-indy political parties have found their memberships swelling.
Watch this space, it's not over yet.
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