I'm Scottish my blue skin would turn red and blister down under.
Since the invention of "clothes" and "sunscreen", it's been less of a problem, I assure you.
So imagine you are a Scot with Scottish family for several generations, a Scottish education who would like to live in Scotland but you decide to make a career decision to work overseas for a period before (possibly) returning home. Your view on what happens to your country of birth, ancestory, possible future location etc is considered to be of less value/relevance than someone who has no ancestoral/family ties to Scotland, was not born or bred there, who may or may not be a permanent resident, who is not (for the sake of argument and thru no fault of their own) in employment (and therefore not paying JY's taxes) but is claiming benefits from the Scottish state (perfectly legitimately).
I don't need to imagine it as I am one such person. I don't think I should vote in a referendum on a place's political arrangements if I don't live in that place. Obviously the voice of the person who lives there is more important than mine.
At these moments, there is a decision point: either MTFU and move home if it means so much to you, or accept not getting a say any more as the trade off for having moved away. You can't have it both ways, though.
So - who wants my vote then - a lot of you seem to think you should get a vote and are not going to so I am quite prepared to sell my vote tot eh highest bidder
TandemJeremy - MemberSo - who wants my vote then - a lot of you seem to think you should get a vote and are not going to so I am quite prepared to sell my vote tot eh highest bidder
I don't want to vote. I have no interest in Scotland so they should simply go their own way, less mouths to feed, if they wish to but just don't come back crying when things do not swim well ... or start to blame 300 years history. If they like the fish to be their leader so be it ...
