THERE is a whiff of “what did you do in the war daddy” about the attitude of some of the Indy purists, who lose few opportunities to sneer at converts to the cause. One friend and columnist for another newspaper has argued eloquently for independence these many years, but was criticised for admitting she’d been convinced of the case for Yes at the last referendum. What a jenny-come-lately eh! The fact that her cogently argued columns probably have a hundred times the impact of a snarly tweet or five apparently matters not. Well, here is a news flash: the vote of an elector who only decides to plight their troth to Yes on the way into the polling booth carries precisely the same weight as a pro indy voter whose ancestors fought for The Bruce at Bannockburn.
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