Let us look at a few indisputable facts shall we and cut straight through the rhetoric and emotional fog being put out by both sides in this debate.
Indisputable Fact 1 – Politicians lie, Cameron is lying and so is Salmond, Sturgeon and Darling etc, they will say anything to you and promise you anything you want to get you to vote for them or their half baked ideas. In fact they are so good at lying that they even begin to believe their own lies, that is until it comes to actually putting their promises into action, then you start getting the “Ah well, I didn’t really mean it like that” type statements – a pox on all their houses I say. However, if you are still young enough to believe anything that any politician ever says to you, or promises that they freely give to you for your support, then I apologise for bursting your bubble and know that it is only a matter of time, before the indisputability of this fact and the truth of what I am saying becomes oh so apparent to you in later life.
Indisputable fact 2 – No one knows what will happen if there is a yes vote and Scotland becomes a wholly independent country, it could be good and it could be bad, no one knows, no matter how confidently they tell you that they do, they are lying.
Indisputable fact 3 – Once the vote is cast for yes, then the real consequences of that decision will begin to take effect and most of it will be out of anyone’s control, we will have jumped down a rabbit hole and absolutely no one knows where it will lead us.
Indisputable fact 4 – There is no going back, it is a one-way street which ever way the vote goes.
Indisputable fact 5 – You must base your decision for independence on your current circumstances and how you feel right now, because to do anything else is to base your decision for you and your family's future on guesswork, meaningless promises and lies.
So I suppose it comes down to how you feel you are doing right now in this world and are you happy with your lot as it currently stands? And if you are totally honest with yourself, can you not see that you are doing quite well? Yes I know things could be better, things could always be better if ever we could only find nirvana, but we never will, it doesn’t exist, even though politicians will promise you how it is just around that next corner if you vote for them, it isn't, but don’t you realise that you have better life opportunities than your parents ever had and their parents before them and their parents before them etc?
So however much we like to moan about life and how our glasses are always half empty and never half full, the world is becoming a better place, slowly but surely I grant you, but none the less a better place. So do you really think separation is going to be that instant ticket to a land of milk and honey and that your old world was just so awful, that you needed to take this leap of faith and sign up to separation based on what a bunch of lying politicians are telling you? Or do you actually look at your life and accept and realise just how good it is compared to every other generation that has ever lived before you?
Indisputable fact 6 – Only the Scottish politicians will gain from independence, not you and not me, the other lot down South will not gain anything from the union remaining intact either, as that is the current status quo, that is what is happening right now, so whatever there was to be gained for them, has already been long gone.
Indisputable fact 7 - The grass will not be any greener in an independent Scotland and you know you can believe me, because I am not a politician. So as I said earlier, let’s get real shall we, independence will not bring you any benefits and neither will staying with the rest of the UK, you will not be better off whoever is running the show, but the politicians will always be better off and that is why they want your vote and will promise you anything you want, and who’s interest in you and all those solemnly made promises, will immediately and completely disappear as soon as the last ballet paper is signed.
That is why I am voting No.
Dave
