Negativity is like ‘groundhog day’

Glasgow and Lanarkshire raised Vance Finnon worked in social work for 28 years – almost half of that in managerial positions across Scotland.

An organiser of the north-east Fife Yes campaign in 2014, he now runs an art supplies business, Lomond Art, in Cupar.

The main reason he voted for independence in 2014 was down to the “democratic deficit”.

He strongly believes Scotland should be running its own affairs rather than Westminster.

However, he is already alarmed at the negativity surrounding Indyref2 through some sections of the media and described some of the “misleading” coverage in the run-up to the 2014 referendum as “horrendous”.

He is also disappointed at how quickly some ‘No’ supporters have “fallen for” the “regurgitated media arguments”.

“It reminds me of Groundhog Day,” he said.

“It’s as if after the last referendum some who voted No felt that should be an end to it all.

“The economic argument has always been a non-story. The oil thing is overplayed. Scotland is a fundamentally prosperous nation without oil and the democratic deficit argument is stronger now than before. Brexit has shown this.

“Smaller countries are easier to manage and better for social cohesion.”

The economic argument has always been a non-story