by Rab Bruce’s Spider

Scottish voters face a very simple choice next week. Either you vote for a Unionist Party which wants to keep Scotland under Westminster rule no matter the consequences, or you vote SNP in the hope that they do actually have a plan which might allow us to escape. I’m not actually all that confident that they do have such a plan, nor that it will work. I fear we will be dragged out of the EU and people will quickly become accustomed to their altered and very much reduced circumstances. Around 50% of the Scottish electorate still aren’t convinced that becoming a normal country is the best option, and we can be sure the UK media will bombard us with propaganda telling us that taking the step towards normality is too risky. Post-Brexit UK will be painted as the best we can hope for.

But, however pessimistic I may feel about the ultimate outcome, that doesn’t mean I’ve given up the fight. We are on a knife-edge here, and whatever happens over the coming months, next Thursday is immensely important. We need to return as many SNP MPs as possible because any failure to increase their representation at Westminster will be seized upon by the Unionists to proclaim there is no support for Scottish normality. That could totally scupper our chances.

So, whatever the weather on the day, whatever problems you may have in your personal life, make sure you get out and vote. You can be sure that Tory supporters will vote because they always do. They know they need to turn out to retain their control, so we cannot miss this opportunity to send an essential message to Westminster and the media. As voters, it’s all we really can do. After that, it will be up to Nicola Sturgeon to get the next steps right. But, whether you disagree with her tactics or not, you cannot afford to waste this opportunity.

Get out and vote!