Dear Scotland

You might not want to listen to me. I used to be a Tory. Like, I used to work for them. I like to think that it was at a time when they were moderate but we can argue about that some other time.

Last time around, I was vehemently pro-No.

But they lied.

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They lied when they told you that Scotland& #39;s place was as an equal partner in a UK at the heart of Europe. I can see that now. And looking back, I am sorry to say that I did not see it before. But it has been a lie for a long, long time.

Scotland is a trophy, not a partner.

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Scotland has been the English magic money tree for a long old time. They took the oil revenue and & #39;spaffed it up the wall& #39;. The idiots didn& #39;t even invest it for the future. They literally wasted it.

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And they wasted it in England mainly. You didn& #39;t get it.

Then they took you out of Europe. Without your consent. In fact, in direct opposition to what you said.

You& #39;re no more an equal partner in the UK than I am a 9 stone Olympian.

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I had the privilege of studying in Scotland. I spent five years in Scotland, have many Scottish friends and I care about it and them.

Scotland is an outward-looking, modern European country.

They& #39;ll tell you that you& #39;re too small to survive alone. Well, you& #39;re not.

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I am Croatian and Croatia can survive and thrive as a small independent country - so can you. You just need to do it.

And like Croatia, you are not alone. You are European.

And you WILL thrive. As a small, proud, independent, European nation.

And if not now, then when?

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I ask you to listen to a former unionist, former No campaigning, former Tory.

Do not listen to their lies or let them persuade you that you can& #39;t do it.

I was wrong. Don& #39;t make the same mistake as me.

Tomorrow, #BothVotesSNP.

GET THE JOB DONE.

Europe is waiting for you.

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