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A genuine and serious question. Among the travelling TA its probably 90% YES. Home less so perhaps.

But on this day of days , what brought you to YES?

Me council scheme in Stirling , dad postie , mum part time whatever. Both Church of Scotland, not overtly religious.

Both labour voters as was the way bk in 60/70s. Me , from he age of 14 I believed Scotland should be independent, not sure why but it was and is very strong. I have waited and hoped for today for over 40 years, and mum and dad saw the truth.

Both parents died a couple of years back unfortunately before the chance to vote.

What's your story? When did you become YES?

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I was born.

Edit - in all seriousness, even from early memories I used to think that Scotland should be independent. Or free as I would say with the folly of youth.

Don't come from a nationalist area or family.

Did have a passion for history.

This. No one in my family ever told me how to go,its just always been there.

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A genuine and serious question. Among the travelling TA its probably 90% YES. Home less so perhaps.

But on this day of days , what brought you to YES?

Me council scheme in Stirling , dad postie , mum part time whatever. Both Church of Scotland, not overtly religious.

Both labour voters as was the way bk in 60/70s. Me , from he age of 14 I believed Scotland should be independent, not sure why but it was and is very strong. I have waited and hoped for today for over 40 years, and mum and dad saw the truth.

Both parents died a couple of years back unfortunately before the chance to vote.

What's your story? When did you become YES?

1992 as a student. Voted for Labour. Galloway in Hillhead. Woke up the next morning, thinking 'that was a bit daft'. Independence ever since. I could elucidate, but I fear the wash of a coming storm.

Actually, while I have the chance, I will elucidate. I'd climbed Schiehallion that day and me and my gf at the time drove back down to Glasgow and there was a collection (10?) of us in the student flat all prepared for a Labour victory. 2 SNP guys that I felt far more personal rather than political affinity with. They explained when I asked them of 'what about leaving the North of England to Tory rule?'.

That's up to them. I'm Scottish.

And so...

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Was 5 years old.

In these days in the summer holidays and with 3 channels which shut down several times a day you were glued to the T.V. if anything good came on.Brilliant programmers like Belle & Sebastian ,Robinson Crusoe and The Flashing Blade were on every morning ,but they only started 3 weeks into the holiday.The next year it happened again.I asked my mum why and she said :

Oh the English have just started their holidays .That's why we get the programmes now.I asked why we could not get them sooner . I'l never forget her reply .Its because we are not important enough for the English to put them on just for Scottish children.

It started a lifetime of fighting .I hope it ends today

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Born in 1979, so grew up under Thatcher, then Major. Remember being elated at Tony Blair coming to power in 1997, I was 17 when he won the election, and I genuinely believed that the UK would become a better place to live.

Watched us enter wars that I disagreed with, whilst standing back from conflicts that we should have played a part.

Watched as the income divide between poor and rich became a chasm.

Witnessed the shifting of political parties, they do not honour their past, they do not stand for what they should, frankly they should be ashamed of themselves.

Looked on as benefits cheats have became the arch enemy, while tax avoidance by billionaires and companies was almost encouraged.

Westminster currently does not, and unlikely never will, put the people first. I want independence for Scotland as we are a 'country', that doesnt mean that I dont feel for people in Manchester, Newcastle or Cardiff, but we must do what we can.

I believe that we can be better, I believe that we can govern ourselves with a higher morality, putting the people of Scotland first.

I dont consider myself to be a Nationalist as some will try to paint it, I dont believe Scots are better, more important, worth more etc than anyone else, I just believe we can make a better future for ourselves.

This is our time, this is our chance, we must grasp it, we must take the first steps towards a better country.

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Always been a Nationalist but didn't really get into until i met a guy in the 1980's called Robert Curran, Scotland's first SNP provost and sidleined from the SNP to the States due to some Scottish Republican Army palaver (allegedly).

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/robert-curran-1.658154

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Was 5 years old.

In these days in the summer holidays and with 3 channels which shut down several times a day you were glued to the T.V. if anything good came on.Brilliant programmers like Belle & Sebastian ,Robinson Crusoe and The Flashing Blade were on every morning ,but they only started 3 weeks into the holiday.The next year it happened again.I asked my mum why and she said :

Oh the English have just started their holidays .That's why we get the programmes now.I asked why we could not get them sooner . I'l never forget her reply .Its because we are not important enough for the English to put them on just for Scottish children.

It started a lifetime of fighting .I hope it ends today

I hope it continues.

I've voted SNP (or SSP) at every council, local, by, WM, and Holyrood election since I've been eligible 19 years ago.

Never missed one.

I've never joined the SNP and I don't ever want to.

I've voted them so that we could get to today.

Today is the chance to stop all the shíte that has motivated the people of Scotland to vote Yes.

When Scotland votes Yes, I will never vote SNP again.

I'll vote Green or whatever comes out of Radical Indy or whatever else I identify with to help build the new Scotland that I want to live in.

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Always. Never, ever in doubt.

Brought up in a Rangers and Labour family. Always went against the grain.

First memory of the independence campaign was when I was roughly 6 years old (approx 1985) and this boy in the West End of Glasgow was so full of life, was in love with Big Country who were his mates, had SNP badges, was trying to give them away to us. His passion hooked me, but my maw was just being nice to him to leave us alone. I've never met this guy again, but I am sure I'd recognise him to this day easily.

I want this for Scotland, but this guy especially. He had hope nearly 30 years ago. I wish his hope is fulfilled in just over 24 hours.

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Margaret Bain (Ewing) was the SNP MP for East Dunbartonshire. She stood out as an excellent MP amongst much of the dross. Mind you so did one of the neighbouring MPs - John Smith. In 1979 I voted YES - its was my first ever vote - seemed sensible to me.

Even though I moved to England in 1984 - Alex Salmond has always been my political favourite. A man of decency , a man of the people. I have never felt comfortable voting in England for any party - Tony Blair put me off Labour , then after voting Lib Dem (ha ha) - once they went to bed with the Tories that was it.

I have always believed in Independence for Scotland - hope today and Friday is truly momentous in the right way. Coming up on train today - just have to be there. There are no words to express my feelings just now - fingers and everything else crossed.

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For as long as I can remember I've wanted independence.

Nobody told me, nobody led me, it was a journey I had travelled before I reached my teens.

A fierce pride in Scotland and it's people, and a burning fire inside whenever they were belittled, which was often.

Yes, I wanted social justice, but even at that age I despised how Labour weighed their votes then ignored their electorate. Everything, to me, had a Scottish context.

So I guess I'm a nationalist, and always have been.

This is the first vote I have ever missed. The most important one. But I trust the people of Scotland to make the right decision.

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Bit of a disjointed welcome to politics.

Turned 18 in 2004 and think I voted Greens the first time. Anybody but Labour after the Iraq war. I have never known a Labour party with traditional values; always been deeply suspicious of them and baffled at the seemingly unwavering support from some, including my old man.

Voted SNP in last two Scottish elections. Doubt I'll vote them in an indy Scotland as I would like to see a radical change to politics. But always believed in the ability of the people of Scotland to govern our country properly.

I love the other countries in the British Isles (the people in them). Maybe one day we'll all govern ourselves and have a relationship like the Scandinavians? No chip on shoulder, but equals. Not my call how the other countries are run though.

I have my say on Scotland and I am 100% behind our independence and always will be regardless of the outcome.

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Growing up on the Clyde Coast I always new I would end up doing a job that involved working with my hands eg mechanic, fitter,welder etc. but as I grew to understand the world around me I would see the heavy industry close and my prospects of getting a good job getting smaller. As I got through my early teenage years and started to understand my identity I would support/follow anyone who was Scottish and in the mainstream media be they pop stars or sports stars it then lead me onto looking into the history of our land and the way our resources were being taken to fill the coffers of the few while they would tell us it was for the better of everyone. Now after having to move south for work I still see the Westminster elite squeezing the life out of the lower classes while pandering to the rich. I wouldn't say there was one defining moment that made me yes but more a growing self education of what has happened in the past and what is going on now. I never trust what the media says now and question what I'm told and the more I look for myself the more lies and miss truths I see we are being told

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I grew up a Brit nat. Seemed as natural as breathing. It was a navy town and most of my pals were English. The only kink being my dad's Corries vid, or supporting the national team.

Went to uni, did a bit of reading. That was me changed.

I did think for a while that maybe Scotland would be worse off independent... and then in 2006 or 7 I read the McCrone report. Not only could Scotland be extremely prosperous, but our leaders at Westminster had lied to us about our true wealth, compounding the insult by calling us subsidy junkies.

That was it for me.

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I have always wanted it, even when I was a wee boy I couldn't understand why we weren't an independent country like everyone else.

My family are all NO, so it was just a feeling I had.

Though my parents used to be far more left-wing; CND marches, EIS marches, you name it.

Now they are comfortably off in their retirement their outlook has changed which does grate a bit.

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As a teenager I supported Labour and believed that Scotland couldn't afford to go it alone. Not an unusual point of view for someone who grew up under the shadow of Ravenscraig being shut down. However Imoved abroad for a few years after Uni, where I found myself mixing with folk from Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Canada, New Zealand (and England!).

One day when I was back in Scotland it was like a light being turned on. I finally realised that if all these other countries could do it then so could we. I'd already decided that New Labour were never getting my vote again after the Iraq war, so I joined the SNP and have spent the last few years converting as many of my friends and family as possible to the Yes side.

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