To round off the visit of the Eton Toff prime minister to Scotland, the people in Dundee’s Stobswell cast their votes on Friday at the
Courier’s Referendum Roadshow. Given that it is a true blue Conservative supporting paper, this is quite something. This is how they reported it. (Thanks to my mum for bringing this to my attention.)
The large turnout delivered a majority for the Yes vote with
56% while there were 44% votes for No.
Yes voter Robert Milne, 70 said he had been a No voter when
the campaign began but had since changed his mind.
He said: “I have listened to so much tripe from the Better
Together campaign I changed my vote. There has been a lot of negativity and
scaremongering about building a new Hadrian’s Wall with no valid arguments.
“They sound worried about it so there must be something to
gain.”
Local business owner Graham Angus, 55, said he was against
independence for Scotland but would like to have a referendum on Europe as he
felt the global political system was getting a bit like George Orwell’s 1984.
The former young Conservative said he was disillusioned with
politics and has since changed his vote to UKIP.
He said: “The wee man has no say on what’s going on in his
life. I am totally disillusioned by it all. Alex Salmond has not put a strong
enough case for it and has been a bit fluffy on the issues.
“What I don’t understand is why he wants to get rid of the
UK government, but I think better the devil you know.”
Retired taxi driver, John Gibson, 73, of Whitfield said he
would also be voting No.
He said: “I’m a Labour man and I think Labour will get in again
– probably at the next election.”
Mavis Kerr, 76, said she would be voting Yes as she was sick
of the political slagging matches taking place at Westminster and wanted to
make a chance for the younger generation.
She said: “I’ve got grand-children and great-grandchildren
and I think we’ve got to have a better country for the young people. I don’t
see the Conservatives doing it.
“We never should have gone to war in Iraq.
“I think we need a change and that’s why I’m voting Yes.
Life is uncertain but sometimes change is for the better.
Retired teacher Edith Constable, 71, said she will also be
voting Yes because she is against the current government’s policies.
She said: “The one main reason I am voting is is because I
am sick to death with Westminster policies, the expenses scandal, the Iraq War,
plans to renew Trident at a huge cost to the taxpayer.
“The No campaign have been very negative and seem to use the
fear factor a lot in their campaign. I have got every confidence Scotland will
cope economically.”
