Yes I did! I voted first thing this morning, I've taken other people to vote and I'll be spending the rest of the day doing so. I'm very much looking forward to seeing the results on Sunday.
I was interviewed last night on Talk Sport Radio and they asked me why anyone should vote SNP. I told them it was generally accepted that if you want someone to stand up for Scotland, you vote SNP. I said that was our purpose - to stand up for Scotland.
But I also pointed out that Westminster only ever sits up and takes notice when the SNP starts to threaten their electoral success. So this election is also about sending a strong message to Westminster that Scotland will not accept £5billion being wasted on ID cards and £100billion on new nuclear weapons when the money could and should be invested in jobs and rebuilding the economy.
That's what SNP MEPs will do - work in partnership with the Scottish Government to ensure Scotland uses its resources wisely and does everything it can to protect jobs and create new ones.
The polling places I've been to this morning have reported VERY low turnouts and although I think abstaining is NOT the answer, you can understand why people are more disillusioned than ever. We, in the SNP, will be working hard all day for every single vote and taking nothing for granted. Speaking of which, I'd better get out again.
"I told them it was generally accepted that if you want someone to stand up for Scotland, you vote SNP."
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly does this mean? What an insult to voters from other parties. I back independence, and will never vote Labour again after their serial failings, but that doesn't mean that their MEPs can't "stand up for Scotland".