I have made some posts on this subject, and would like to cross link here. I do not make any great case either for leav or remain, but rather give my perspective on the whole affair:

A postal ballot wot I sended. Along with my initial thoughts on the subject.

A Radio Interview wot I did.

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The vote has passed into history. I feel drained by the experience, but that may just be my body's reaction to last night's alcohol.

These two posts have been written today, and are emotional. They may not represent my feelings tomorrow, but they do today, so I post the links here so that you may read them all the same.

Post Referendum Post 1.

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The second, and last radio interview I have been invited to do here in Montreal was this morning, this time in English, on the CBC Daybreak show. This was an 8 minute segment, with just two of us in the studio, so there was a lot more back and forth to be had than the previous show with more people having their say. Also, as the discussion was in ( Read more... )

As the campaigning for the referendum enters it's last week, the journalists here in Montreal are looking for Scots on both sides of the debate to pull into their newspaper articles and onto their radio shows to speak up on what they think. Fully with the  slant of how it reflects on the situation here of course, as that's what their audience ( Read more... )

As things move into the final week, we are seeing more and more of the effect of the Scottish Referendum here in Quebec. Indeed, as the whole world media has turned it's attention onto the country, this is no surprise at all.

One side of the debate, the UKIP of Quebec politics, Option Nationale, has released this nasty little video:

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Scottish Referendum


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Taking things one step further than joining the St Andrew's Society, then starting our own Scots in Montreal group, I applied for our group to be a part of an umbrella group called the Quebec Thistle Council. This is of course, another group of really old folks, not doing very much and calling themselves Scottish. The guys who run it are of course ( Read more... )

L doesn't have much hair. This is obvious to all who have seen her or pics of her. It's no big deal, apparently I was the same, bald(ish) till I was 2.

There are twins in her class in daycare who have lots of hair, and sometimes have their hair put in different styles by one of the carers. This gets to l, as she doesn't like to be left out, so ( Read more... )