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  1. Looking for 2 seats if anyone has any space
  2. now is the time to be loud & proud and finish this amazing push........ this is the beginning of something .....not then end 1.6 million believers..........
  3. Thistledo - you are 100% correct. Believe it or not....Scotland is on the up. 1.6 million votes suggests we are on the right track and all we need to do is maintain the pressure and belief. If ever there was a time to be patriotic and vocal now is it...........the momentum is with Scotland
  4. I have spent the last 36 hours trying to understand exactly what I have been feeling since the NO vote. I voted YES and only during the last week of the debate actually truly believed we had a chance - from there until the vote I was totally hyped and up for it - I believed we could actually do it. My feelings since early Friday morning have swung from deflation, anger, to a firm belief that my fellow countrymen/women have let the nation down and bowed to the pressure and scaremongering of the Westminster establishment. I almost felt embarrassed to be Scottish !! No doubt this was THE opportunity to become a nation again and have full responsibility and accountability for ourselves. I fully share the hurt expressed by all on this board and have fluctuated in agreement between most of the expressions of hurt, anger and embarrassment. The argument on the relevance of FOS post referendum also resonates and I can understand many peoples views that it would seem hypocritical to sing it with any meaning or purpose - I have over the last 36 hours at some stage agreed with all these sentiments ................HOWEVER I am Scottish, I have followed the Scotland football team, rugby team, curling team, darts team, domino team, tiddly winks team etc all my life, anything to do with Scotland then I am there.....and I am not ready to quit!! For the first time in 300 years we have a country on our side in the drive for self determination.......Ok, I know we lost this 'vote', but did we really lose???? 45% of the Scottish electorate voted for independence. This is groundbreaking .......even Alex Salmond admitted we were underdogs for the whole campaign, we were always up against it. This was always going to be a leap of faith for most people and given we were coming of the back of one of the deepest financial depressions in UK history it was always going to be hard to get this one over the line. Think about it......1.6 million Scots voted to break-up the UK The majority of the younger generation voted 'YES'...........they are the ones who will drive this movement forward in the coming years.....it all starts now !! The Westminster government have never been so rattled - hence the last minute capitulation on additional devolved powers. The pressure and focus is firmly now on Westminster to deliver these powers......they 'promised' them and many NO voters had their final decision firmly cemented by this 'promise' When the Westminster government fail to deliver on these promises (and we know they will fail, the past 24 hrs has already demonstrated this) it is our sovereign duty to 'turn the screw', build the pressure and make them accountable - only then will there be the majority belief and will needed for revolution. The only way we can do this with any credibility is by continuing what we have started and been involved in for the past decades and particular the past 2 years leading up to the referendum. We need to be visible, vocal and united - we DIDN'T lose - 1.6 Million (45%of us) voted for independence - this volume of people demanding change cannot be ignored by any country or government. NOW is the time to sing Flower of Scotland with more passion and purpose than ever before, now is the time to be seen as a Scottish Nationalist, now is the time to fly the YES flags....we have them on the ropes, they realise there is an unstoppable social movement developing in Scotland I truly believe the result of the vote has given the independence movement even more momentum in the long run.......never has so many people voted for change in Scotland's history. Couple this with the potential offered by the teenage generation who have already voted YES and it is only a matter of time !! We all have to realise what Alex Salmond has left for us to take forward - this is the perfect time for the Tartan Army to be vocal and united in our love and belief for our country, this is the absolute time to support our country.......Bring on the ROI and England !! Alba gu brath
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