So here we are again, potentially yet another of these damn referendums for us Scots.

For those who aren’t following the whole idea or thinking ‘hey, haven’t they tried this already?’ then you’re not alone. I live here and am still pondering about that question. But what I’ve been seeing in the ever reliable news sites, it does all seem all rather sudden.

It all started with the Scottish people having the sentiment that they didn’t have the voice in the UK parliament. Like that small noisy dog that barks and barks. Which is understandable as the Scottish parliament was only formed just before the year 2000. Enter the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP). A relatively unknown party before they gained considerable momentum when people felt like it was time to rebel against the big house in London. Then comes the SNP majority along with a promise for the referendum.

And then yeah, it fails. Obviously. Why else would they need this second one? Though things just didn’t go away after the result came out. The classic ‘mis-counting’, accusations of fixing and just not accepting the result. Usual modern day shite it seems. 45% to 55% is a whole 10% difference, but oh well. There is a wee bit of a link. The promise of more devolved powers floated around, which the bitter yes voters moaned about not having them the day after the vote. Keen beans eh? Side note – I don’t have a clue if we got these god damn powers. Shows how important they really were, or how totally oblivious I am.

To be fair, the timing of this one is a little bizarre. Like I swear the British Prime Minister was meant to activate the whole escaping of Europe thing already. Throw in the Scottish First Minister trying to get Scotland to leave the UK and simultaneously either rejoin or stay in the EU. I feel sorry for the outsiders that still think the United Kingdom is the same as England. You guys must be as lost. Or not paying attention to these events. Fair enough either way I guess…

The whole point of this blog is to try make it a little easier for the disorientated with the Scottish side of it. Gonna be honest, I’m pretty crap at keeping up with all this politics. So will this be the most informative piece of writing about current affairs? Fuck no. Go read a real biased newspaper if that’s what you’re looking for. But maybe that IS the problem. Get info from media, but how far can you trust it. Perhaps Trump being president is all a hilarious elaborate joke to make the rest of us think America have been idiots. Ugh, we can dream.

But here’s the real bullshit. During that last referendum, I heard the yes side saying that we’d all get a £1,000 per year bonus just for being awesome and independent. I also heard a few days later that our country’s debt would triple within 1 year. Seriously? Uncertainty is definitely a thing, but come on! Even taking a quick look at newspapers depicted the bias too. The trustworthy source that is Wikipedia suggests there was 20 newspapers against the vote compared to just 1 for independence. Even Canada’s most read newspaper got in on the case by throwing in this belter of a quote “The Yes campaign seems to believe in the unreasonable proposition that you can improve your marriage by getting a divorce”.

One glaringly evident opposite to that type of media is the one of the social variety. Just as the youth voted yes, the likes of Facebook were absolutely spammed with page long rants of all the perks of separation from the UK. I’ve already had to hide some friend’s posts since I can’t be arsed with it all this early.