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Friday, 25 April 2014

Scottish Independence

About which I have very little to say, apart from that it is the business of those that live in Scotland to decide whether to turn their nation into a state and that as a social democrat I'll be sorry to see them go. This site has a comprehensive collection of polling data. To accompany these thoughts what better than Hamish Henderson's Freedom come all ye an internationalist song written by a Scot educated in England who served in the British army: and sung by an Irishman. And this version by Lisa Rigby is pretty good too.
Posted by Colin at 04:13

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