Free the Unicorn

This will be the last post from me concerning the referendum before the vote and this one is going to be an impassioned plea for those who are undecided or soft nos to look comprehensively and decisively at the evidence out there before going to the polls tomorrow. Trying to persuade people who are decisive nos would be a waste of time at this stage. I don't agree with them but living in a democracy that is their decision and I respect that.




Now to the meat of the piece, opinion polls a couple of weeks ago had the Yes vote narrowly ahead of the No vote and this reportedly caused the value of the pound sterling to fall. Up until this point David Cameron had shown very little interest in how the vote was going. Suddenly him and the other party leaders Ed Milliband and Nick Clegg were in Scotland faster than you could say "I pledge to vote against any increase in fees". Where did I get that phrase from Nick?...




We now have David Cameron telling us that he would be "heartbroken" if Scotland votes to leave the UK. Now, while this referendum is not about the Tories despite some of the more nationalistic Yes voters believing that is, a chance to get a government that we choose is too good to miss. For 23 of the past 35 years no matter what way Scotland has voted they have not got the government they have voted for. Scotland has no representatives in the House of Lords yet currently they can veto any of our propositions. English and Welsh MPs get rightfully annoyed at the fact that Scottish MPs get a vote on matters that concern English and Welsh towns and cities, so why should a house that doesn't represent Scotland get a say in Scottish matters?




Nick Clegg made the pledge I had a wee dig at earlier on and who was the member of parliament that signed off on the increase in tuition fees in England? I'm not going to insult the reader's intelligence by going any further on that. Cameron, Clegg and Milliband (who is a complete irrelevance in my opinion) have made a vow that was printed on the front cover of the Daily Record however Philip Davies the Conservative MP for Shipley in Yorkshire tweeted that he will vote against Scotland receiving any more than we do now and I suspect his opinion is shared by others in the Houses of Parliament.




If we vote for the status quo, it implies that we believe that the current state of the country is acceptable. Apologies for the language but is it fuck. Food banks are popping up everywhere in the UK, the number of homeless people begging around the country has been startlingly more visible, I in no way believe that someone is more deserving of help in Dunfermline, Edinburgh or Glasgow than somewhere like Derby, Cardiff or London but by having control of our own matters then Scotland at least has a chance of making things right with the abject poverty that is very visible throughout the country.




The government are starting to sell off chunks of the NHS to their friends down south and many respected people involved in the health service are urging people to vote yes because we will be powerless to stop the gradual privatisation of our national health service so only the elite will be able to afford to heal if they are sick or injured.




Gordon Brown used to be our Prime Minister and gave Scotland very little when he was in office, he seems to have suddenly found his passion and backing what has been dubbed "devo max" i.e. Scotland staying in the United Kingdom with more powers. If he wanted to give those powers to us so badly then we would have already had them.




These are only some points that people have to consider before going to the polls tomorrow and I would strongly urge visiting businessforscotland.co.uk and reading articles there, but a list of things that we should be concerned about in the event of a No vote (Westminster can close Holyrood any time they wish if we are still part of the UK) which I've nicked from Pie and Bovril is as follows:




Zero hours contracts

Unending austerity

Trident

A bill for HS1 & 2/ Crossrail/ London sewer

Record numbers of families in poverty

Governments we didn't vote for

Economic inequality

EU Referendum

Democratic deficit

NHS Privatisation

Illegal wars

Tuition fees

Low wage economy

Lack of housing

Lack of rights for workers

UK's failing economy

Fuel poverty

Privatisation of assets

Neo-liberal politics

New Labour - Tories in red ties

Lack of political change

UKIP

Unfair taxation

PFI

Workfare

Expensive childcare




and another I've just thought of which is the blatant cover-up of paedophiles within the Houses of Parliament.




Finally, if you look at the British passport you will see two animals, a lion representing England which is regal and majestic while the unicorn representing Scotland is bound by chains. Now is Scotland's time to counted and release the beautiful unicorn from her chains. Whatever your feelings on the anthem Flower of Scotland the line "We can still rise now and be a nation again" has never been more apt. I don't think anyone who sings Flower of Scotland could take themselves seriously if they vote No as we will have had the chance to rise and be a nation again but shat it.




I know I haven't said anything new here but the points are valid in my opinion so when you put your wee X in the box tomorrow make sure you are confident you are doing the right thing for yourself and your country.