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.
