Results to be Known Friday
A Cri de Coeur
By Our London Correspondent
[WritersClearinghouse News Service]
London Posted 18 September 2014
This may be Great Britain's last forty-eight hours as a united country, with the referendum on Scottish independence taking place today. (18 September 2014).
As you know, I have always been a political person, but nothing I have experienced, including the election of Nixon in the US, has distressed me like this. When I read that the Yes campaign had closed a thirty point gap in the
polls and had now edged ahead of Better Together, I actually felt queasy.
And angry. Angry at the imminent victory of parochialism and
quasi-religious nationalism over common sense. Angry at the untruths
and half-truths peddled by that oily little fourflusher, Salmond, and
his harridan of a deputy, Nicola Sturgeon. Angry that they have
stirred up witches' brew of conflict and hatred the like of which I
have never seen in this country and which will poison the relationship
of Scotland and England for years to come, whatever the outcome of the
referendum.
polls and had now edged ahead of Better Together, I actually felt queasy.
And angry. Angry at the imminent victory of parochialism and
quasi-religious nationalism over common sense. Angry at the untruths
and half-truths peddled by that oily little fourflusher, Salmond, and
his harridan of a deputy, Nicola Sturgeon. Angry that they have
stirred up witches' brew of conflict and hatred the like of which I
have never seen in this country and which will poison the relationship
of Scotland and England for years to come, whatever the outcome of the
referendum.