The people best equipped to take decisions on issues which concern Scotland are the people of Scotland. Westminster, understandably, does not have Scotland's best interests at the core of its decision making process.

I will vote Yes in the belief that we can achieve a more socially just and equitable society, for the benefit of us all, for the Common Weal.

Country
noun

1. a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

government
noun

1. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office.

Vote YES to ensure the future of our country is decided by the people who live in it.

I am totally tired of the negativity of the No campaign. I feel that they are not being truthful about Scotland's financial position and I am sure that we are better off than is let on.

Architects can change people's lives for the better. We are optimistic by nature and to be part of the rebirth of an old nation would be amazing and exciting beyond belief. I can see a great burst of creativity after independence is achieved. We need to believe in ourselves and vote Yes.

The people of Scotland should choose our governments in an open and transparent system of democracy. For too long Westminster has led a privatising neo-liberal agenda, an interventionist foreign policy and a commitment to nuclear weapons that the majority of Scots find morally repugnant. Scotland's future in Scotland's hands.

The considerable sums contributed by Scotland towards HS2, Crossrail, the Olympics, London sewerage systems, nuclear weapons and foreign wars could be better invested in infrastructure and affordable housing here in Scotland. It is a matter of priorities, keeping services Public, diversifying the economy and distributing wealth more fairly are choices we can make.

I will vote yes in the interests of democracy. Scotland, as one of the most thinly populated countries in Europe, has a different set of problems and aspirations to England, the most densely populated. 

Britain currently has aspirations to be/remain a world power. It is my belief that all such world powers should be broken into smaller units, which then form collaborative groupings with specific remits such as the EU - possibly the greatest political achievement ever. Independence for Scotland would be a good start.

I am voting yes (amongst countless reasons) 

-to move towards a fairer society, one where the government is concerned with the majority of its population

-so we as a nation can lead the way by setting an example of how to eradicate nuclear weapons- by eradicating them

-to get a grip on the issue of providing mass housing in far more economical, sustainable and frankly, architectural methods 

-to give our admittedly overly expensive parliament building a genuinely significant purpose

-so we can develop our national identity architecturally... funded by exploiting our natural resources, like let's say, Norway, or Switzerland, in providing a higher quality of public buildings. 

-to end the threat of hydraulic fracturing on local communities by foreign oil and gas companies and their representatives in Westminster

-to lead the way in developing green, renewable energy and the massive potential of the industry technologically

-to bring more investment to the north of England, the 'borderland' areas of the island and simply everywhere outside of the bubbling metropolis which is London. 

-to eradicate a governance driven by projecting fear