Alex Salmond

The debate over which way to vote in the Scottish Referendum is hotting up.  The polls say that the gap between those voting to stay in the United Kingdom is now only a few points ahead of those planning to vote for independence.
With many still undecided, there has been a tidal wave of people registering to vote, particularly among the young.  The norm for UK electoral turnout is poor.  Fewer and fewer people bother to vote in local and general elections.  Governments can come into power on less than a quarter of the electorate voting for them.

Three weeks to go and the debate over the Scottish Referendum gets no better. Reason goes down the drain.  The large number of anti-independence people giving their views can do nothing but issue gloom and doom warnings for Scotland’s grim fate if it casts itself adrift from the United Kingdom.

When I wrote about the approaching Scottish Referendum on independence, I didn’t expect such a huge reaction.  All I wanted was to make clear the shame and embarrassment I personally felt, caused by the heavy-handed and idiotic efforts of the “Better Together” camp to persuade, browbeat and in some cases bribe, the Scots to vote against independence.  Also, as an Englishwoman I had taken no sides; I simply acknowledged how much Scotland has to be proud of, and the rest of us to be grateful for.

RT | March 10, 2014

The British government has “disrespected” Scotland by keeping quiet about a nuclear leak at a Scottish-based reactor for two years, believes nationalist minister, Alex Salmond, all at a time of high tensions ahead of a referendum on independence.