I was delighted to hear the result in the Scottish referendum and despite it being their own choice I must confess to praying that they stay in the Union.
I was often confused by comments made during the campaign, but one that confused me most was when people on the ‘yes’ side kept saying that they would vote yes for the sake of democracy. Forgive me for saying it but isn’t democracy when a group of people get together and decide a matter by voting and then those who don’t get their way accept the choice of the majority? I’m not going to say who I vote for but lets just say that I didn’t vote for the current government but that doesn’t mean that the democratic thing for me to do would be to break off and do my own thing, surely that would be anti-democracy. If I had my way we would have free University and an NHS without any privatization but that doesn’t mean the democratic thing for me to do is to leave the country. The democratic thing to do is to stay and work hard at getting everyone else to see my point of view. Saying a yes was a vote for democracy is like saying I believe in marriage so much I’m going to get a divorce.
Anyway, as someone who believes it is always better to find a way forwards together than apart I’m really glad that we are still Great Britain.