A selection of remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum.
People living in Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the United Kingdom on 18 September 2014. The referendum question is “Should Scotland be an independent country?”
Whether you intend voting Yes or No to that question, your views, and those of others, have a place here. We invite comments and we also invite you to write about what you think by using our Submit your Story feature here.
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Yes Pentlands, the organisation which campaigns in the Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency for Scottish independence, is holding a public meeting in the Wester Hailes Education Centre at 7.15 pm this Friday, 25th April 2014.
Speakers will include actress Elaine C Smith, MP Jim Sillars and local SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald. The meeting will be chaired by local Councillor Catherine Fullerton.
Yes Pentlands’ organiser Sheena Jardine said:- “Our campaign has real momentum now. This is Alistair Darling’s constituency which was formerly held by Malcolm Rifkind. Our canvassing is showing Yes outperforming No by over 20%. There has been great demand for public meetings and we have distributed 10,000 leaflets in the last few days advertising this event. This is just another part of our strategy to address voters face to face regarding their hopes and fears about independence. We are growing in strength and will keep the momentum up until 10 pm on the 18th of September.”
A short piece on the Super Saturday event can be viewed here
Contact Yes Pentlands at yespentlands@gmail.com. Event Deputy Organiser Jon Drummond can be contacted on 07938 815929 and atjondrummond@talktalk.net.
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Better Together are holding an event for women only in Central Edinburgh on 26 April 2014.
Women Together is the grassroots network of women who are campaigning to keep Scotland part of the UK. We want the best of both worlds for Scotland a successful Scottish Parliament delivering in areas like health and education, and the security of being part of a bigger UK.
This Women Together Campaign Workshop is part of our latest series of events across Scotland, providing an opportunity for women to come together and ensure that our voices are central to the discussion on Scotlands future.
Sign up today and help shape our positive campaign and to plan local campaign activity to engage more women in the debate.
This is a special event for women activists only. More details here.
“We will be meeting at 1pm on the corner of Union Street and Forth Street and will be spending a couple of house delivering our new leaflets on our positive case for Scotland remaining a strong part of the UK.
“Don’t worry if you’ve never done anything like this before, there will be plenty of experienced campaigners who will tell you all you need to know and also people who are brand new to campaigning as well.”
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The Edinburgh Reporter rounds up the variety of views we find across all media as often as we can.
This may be a daily article if there is a lot of chat about the independence referendum, or less frequently if we have too much else to do. If you would like to write about your views on independence then please feel free to submit your article using the Submit your Story feature here. The Edinburgh Reporter does not have a stance on the independence question, but hopes to help you make your mind up about the vote on 18 September 2014 by providing as much unbiased coverage as possible.
There are two main websites where you can obtain further information:-
Yes Scotland can be found here
Better Together has a website here
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I am thinking why not use our own pound surely we will have a share of the gold in London to back it up. There must be many things to be given to the Scottish people.
England didn’t pay for everything on there own.
A genuine question.
If the yes vote goes through do I lose my British nationality and become Scottish or do I retain dual nationality?
Scotland’s Future says that “British citizens habitually resident in Scotland on independence will be considered Scottish citizens. This will include British citizens who hold dual citizenship with another country. Scottish born British citizens currently living outside Scotland will be considered Scottish.”
After independence other people can apply for Scottish citizenship. Examples are citizenship by descent where people have Scottish parents or grandparents. (a bit like football and rugby!) People who have lived here for 10 years or a migrant on what is described as a ‘qualifying visa’ can also apply for Scottish citizenship.
The UK allows dual or multiple citizenship for British citizens and we are told that Scotland will too. But we are advised that it will be up to the rest of the UK whether they allow Scots to hold such a dual citizenship.
Scotland will recognise UK passports until they expire and then you can choose which passport you want to have (although you are not obliged to have one at all unless you intend to travel). A Scottish passport will look the same as any other EU one, except it will say Scottish on the front cover.
Hope that answers your question!
I want to vote by post but I have lost my envelope B. What am I suposed to do? Many thanks for your answers
I would just like to mention that an independent Scotland will be a rich country as Norway became in the 70s.
Scots should think of their future. Of course if they feel close to London they should refuse to be independent.
At the moment the English Politicians are sending some message about the risks to become independent but I think it is because England is scared to lose Scotland and its wealth.
Scots have one chance to control their future so they should take this opportunity as they will not be given a second chance!
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