The Jock vote

[bigbluebear]

[quote author=lew600fazer link=topic=14658.msg166028#msg166028 date=1410472782]
Also am I correct in saying they have lowered the voting age to 16? personally I would not send a 16 year old out to buy a bottle of milk never mind decide the possible future of the Union. I know when I was 16 all I had in my head was football, girls and motorbikes
If the vote is a NO vote will the voting age then go back up to 18 again, that is unless the rest of the UK also lower it.
We hear daily on the news and other media that employers are concerned that children leaving school are not coming to the work place equiped with basic skills such as reading and writing. Salmond and his mates are using these young people for his own ends here.
Me if I was at school these days likely as not I would be in special needs.

correct - 16 year old will get a vote for this (im not sure if they will be allowed to vote in general elections etc. after this, or they have been allowed to vote for this vote only)
[/quote]

16 year olds should be allowed to vote as it their future too and with they have the most longevity.

I actually also don't think we are subsidised by the English as the "no" vote would have this as their main argument. The fact that Politicians are now panicking and are coming up here to defend their "better together" says something in my book.

There is enough income from the North Sea for many decades and beyond. Technology is getting better therefore drilling will be deeper and fracking will also become much more intelligent.....and there is certainly proof of that.

Scotland could become a energy and power "power house" with the oil and gas worth some £1.5 trillion and its industry is forecast to generate an estimated £48 billion in tax revenue every year. This together with natural resources offshore in wind, water and wave would lead Scotland in Europe in terms of power and energy.....these are resources of energy that can never be exhausted and will generate billions of pounds and thousands of jobs far into the future.....Scotland is the only country in the world to discover oil and end up poorer unlike any other oil rich nation.

And what about our other industries, biosciences, food, drink, tourism, deep fried mars bars etc all doing extremely well.

Defences....what do we an army for....we've got John Smeaton  :eek

We can make our own decisions and live by them....and not be governed by Westminster

Me....I'm sitting on the fence  :lol