The Scottish campaign‏

There was a picture in the Guardian last Friday of a lass in her school blazer attending a rally for young voters in Thursday’s landmark Scottish independence ballot.

Scotland. The land of schoolgirls in tartan kilts. The land of the tawse.

The land of a strict headmaster, threatening to strap any girls ‎who carried out political campaigning in the school grounds, given that 16 & 17 year olds have a vote. To strap them in assembly, in front of their peers. Those involved on their hands; the organisers bent over, bared and touching their toes on the stage.

(See, you get serious coverage of the most important political issues here at SW! And I couldn’t possibly comment on my hopes for the outcome. Being English, it’s not my choice, and most of my Scottish friends are strong ‘no’ supporters. But suffice to say I’ll be listening to Runrig all day on Thursday, and hope that brave hearts will seize this historic moment).

2 thoughts on “The Scottish campaign‏

  • 16 September, 2014 at 7:20 am
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    I kind of want them to vote yes too – for the non-sensible reason that it would be more exciting. Not sure if that’s the best way to approach these things though so it’s probably a good thing I don’t live there! x

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  • 16 September, 2014 at 11:07 am
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    Everyone knows it’s stupid to protest in your school uniform. It’s not even about politics… If you’re wearing your uniform, you’re representing your school, and schools aren’t supposed to voice an opinion on something like this. We all knew that we were free to protest, but if we represented our school, we had to behave… Not that we ever got strapped. If that had been the punishment, I might have misbehaved more often…

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