Elaine hails indy interest growth

ACTRESS Elaine C Smith reminisced about independence gatherings 10 years ago as she opened a conference yesterday.

Speaking at the Scottish Independence Convention in Glasgow she said those meetings consisted of “about eight of us sitting in a Quaker meeting house on a wet Tuesday night”.

Comparing those days with yesterday’s event, which was attended by 800 people, she said supporters “dreamed of days like this”.

She said: “So much for a lack of interest for self-determination, for independence for Scotland.”