How Sez Sees It

Yesterday (18 September 2014) Scotland decided to stay in the Union. This is the outcome that I wanted as I stated at the time that I have a personal passion for the country. I am glad that the majority believed that the UK is better together and that we can work towards a brighter future hand in hand. What about people who voted ‘Yes’ though, what does this mean for them? Well many will be hoping that they will be able to at least have more powers after this vote. The problem here lies with Westminster though. All new bills will have to be passed in Parliament based in Westminster and it is uncertain how keen the politicians will be to grant the new powers to Scotland. The main thing with the vote, whichever way it went, was that there will be a divide. Actually there will be a couple of divides. The English will be thinking that there were over 1.5 million Scots who voted for independence and do not want to be a part of the Union. Could this create some ill will between the ...

I am a woman living in the South of England so how does the Independence vote in Scotland affect me? Well apart from being a life long Labour Party supporter and having worries that a 'Yes' vote will mean that Labour will never come to power again (in which case I am moving to Scotland...you have been warned) I have been thinking more on this issue. I could spout off like everyone else does about politics and economics, but I think I have done that to death now. I would like to talk about what Scotland means to me. To me, Scotland is a beautiful country that I have visited a couple of times and would like to visit more. I have a lot of friends in Scotland that I have made over the internet and then met in real life too. They are wonderful, bright, talented people who I am better for knowing. I don't want there to be a divide between us, I want to feel closer to them. I want to be able to freely travel into Scotland without any restrictions such as using a passport at ...