The Jock vote

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I fear this has less to do with independence and more to do with certain politicians carving out an empire for themselves and getting rich in the process.

So are we to understand that he will continue the campaign regardless of the decision made by the Scotish people until he gets independence and most importantly, his own way.

From what I see, it's all about Salmond, absolutely. There are plenty of Scots folk genuinely want independence for its own sake, and that's fine - but for Salmond, it's about him him him. His style of politics is (has always been), when he doesn't like what someone tells him, he just ignores them until they go away (or don't go away, he doesn't seem to much care) - pretty much in the grand tradition of African dictators.

How can people vote yes if they do not know what they are actually saying yes to? seems half baked to me.

Yep, this too. "We'll work out the details later". I worry that they're not going to like the details - Salmond is going to find that the EU wont just roll over and give him what he wants, he'll be playing on a much bigger stage than he's used to, and he's just not a big enough politician for that. Grim times ahead, in the event of a yes vote (not that that isn't true if the vote is no!).