Independence -NO

I am returning to the subject of my last blog.

Thanks be to God, the substantial majority in Scotland rejected nationalist lies and half truths and voted no. We remain an integral part of the UK.

 Now the defeated NATS seem hell bent on the most astounding arguments for not accepting the settled will of the Scottish people. It is the settled will that we Scots remain a part of the UK, 55% of the 85% who voted, voted No. 87.5% of the country voted no. I do not accept that it is any more likely that no voters were misled by lies than were yes voters. On the contrary, although there may have been some misbehaviour on the no side, the yes campaign was characterised by lies, half truths and outright attempts at intimidation. The yes camp attempted to manipulate the electorate, disenfranchising Scots living temporarily outside the country while giving the vote to foreign nationals who happened to live in Scotland at the time of the vote. Even some members of the armed forces were disenfranchised, not, of course, because of any perception that they might be more likely to vote no.

Young persons of 16 and 17 were allowed to vote. It was perceived that they were likely to vote yes. In fact that proved to be wrong. My gut tells me that "children" should not be permitted to vote, but my head says that if they can marry, work full time and serve in the forces, my guts position is unsupportable.

So Scotland voted no. We were not misled, scared, too old to know better, or any of the other nonsense now being suggested by referendum deniers. The result was not fixed by MI5 or anyone else. It should be final. The argument that such would be undemocratic is specious at best. Had the vote been yes there would have been no second bight St the cherry.

So now what? We must ensure that the UK is not weakened by the further devolution now foisted upon us. We should all ask God to preserve the UK. Thanks for reading.

Independence?

One of my very occasional trips into politics.

The Scottish referendum is almost upon us.  It would in my view be a calamity for Scotland, the rest of the UK and indeed the world if the vote was in favour of independence.

1.  The uk with Scotland as an integral part, has for almost 1000 years, overwhelmingly been a force for good in the world.  Of course we have not always got it right, but the good outweighs the bad, despite propaganda, usually coming from the UK itself, to the contrary.

2.  Scotland leaving the UK would weaken the rest and reduce that good influence in the world.

3.  Economically, despite nonsense spouted by Eck and his pals, Scotland would in short order become a socialist basket case.  Even the great haggis himself acknowledges mass immigration would be required to make his sums work. Where will they all live?  Most of the proposed policies depend on who would govern Scotland - Eck sees himself in a Lairdly role.  In truth tax rises and falling house prices would drive many Scots south.

4.  Scotland is "independent" already. Look at the number of Scots in the last few uk governments and then tell me that Scotland is not an equal partner.  It could be argued that Scotland has chosen the UK government in every general election since the 50's


So come on voters registered in Scotland.  If you are Scottish, vote NO. to avoid an irretrievable disaster.  If you can vote but are not a Scot, ask if you have the moral right to effect the future of all native Scots for all time and do not vote.

Scotland has been let down by the political elite.  An issue such as this should require more than a simple majority to change the future destiny of a great country.  We must play the cards we are dealt.  For God's sake vote NO!

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What's in a name?

I have not posted for some time, but here I am returning to a previous subject. I understand that a Malaysian court yesterday banned Christians from referring to God As Allah. I don't know why the decision was taken but it displays an excellent example of what is wrong about any kind of religious fundamentalism. Can anyone who truly believes in God think that He gives a damn what we call him?

 As is so often the case religion is used as an excuse for tyranny. A lady is imprisoned in Sudan for becoming a Christian.

 Who can genuinely believe that any of us know enough about the mind of God to state categorically not only that the way we chose to worship is the right way but that it is the only way and that all others are not only wrong but inherently evil, or at least criminal! One might have hoped that idea died out with Imperial Rome's persecution of early Christians.

 It is at best prideful to believe thus. And remember pride is a sin! We cannot hope to know the mind of God. Do we seriously think that He is bothered by a name? Names are used to identify one from a crowd. There is only one God. Why would he even need a Name? For the love of God and for his sake we need to all be more tolerant and less open to influence from the power of evil. When we act in the way the Malaysian court has acted we do satans work for him.

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