Things are getting exciting with the YES vote suddenly increasing although polls are still showing it below 50 percent. A turnout of 80 percent – or more – is expected (non-compulsory voting for all Scottish residents; you can’t vote if you live outside Scotland). Follow Women for Independence, YES Scotland, What Scotland Thinks (polls at http://blogwhatscotlandthinks.org/) on their websites or an apolitical citizen (albeit a rich, powerful one) at www.scotlandseptember18.com or follow them on Twitter @womenforindy @YESScotland or #indyref [See also “Something incredible is happening in Scotland. And if the result is a yes vote then the shock to the UK will be extreme” by Paul Mason, The Guardian online, 1 September 2014 – click on link]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
