Letters / Inadvertent separation
I would like to thank your regular contributor from Brae, Gordon Harmer, for confirming to your readers that Yes Shetland’s Facebook page has over 300% more followers than the No page (Copy & paste; SN 6/11/13).
Copy and paste is a useful facility to allow a person to illustrate an article using words written by another, unfortunately mistakes can be made and Mr Harmer inadvertently separated my line, “Positivity means Yes Shetland now has four times as many supporters as No”, which preceded my point:-
“We try to be positive with all our postings here as Independence is a very positive course of action for any Country to take, although we do point out some of the negative campaigning carried out by the No side for balance and as a reminder of the consequences of not fighting for every single vote. With 400% more followers on our Shetland page you only need take a quick glance at the No one to see the last three postings are all attacks on the SNP. There is only one conclusion to be drawn from this plan of inaction; if you have no positive reasons for staying in the Union, attack the political party returned to Scottish Government by a landslide vote. And in so doing attack the majority of the electorate in Scotland. It is a campaign doomed to fail, and fail it will. With your continued support and persuading your family and friends to seek out the truth and make up their own minds, Yes will win on 18th September 2014.”
The positive aspect of removing my bank account from the Co-operative Bank is twofold; one my money is no longer in a bank which has donated £1 million to the Labour Party which is doing all it can to prevent Scotland gaining self determination, and two the bonus paid by my new bank for becoming a customer can be invested in the Yes campaign.
That for a Yes supporter is a win-win result.
I am gratified that my letters are being read, maybe we may be able to persuade Mr Harmer to join Yes Shetland?
Douglas Young
Sumburgh
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