David Grohl McKinlay, 44, is a tattoo artist in Glasgow.

IN the run up to the 2014 referendum, my wife and I weren’t for independence. We got our information from the MSM, and didn’t believe an independent Scotland could support itself.

What we couldn’t understand though, is why many of our friends, who we agreed with on so many other matters, and that were well read and informed, were pro-indy. How could they be so blind?

Deciding to look into the matter further, I read as much as I could about the subject, from as wide and as varied sources as possible. I hoped to find tangible evidence I could confront our friends with.

I was astounded as I came to the gradual realisation that the wool had been well and truly pulled over MY eyes, and how easily I had allowed that to happen. The more I looked, and considered arguments and ‘evidence’ from both sides, the clearer it became that Scotland could not only manage on its own, but would actually flourish in doing so.

Not knowing that my wife was coming to the same realisation, having done her own research, I felt quite nervous broaching the subject with her. We were both relieved and excited to know we were on the same page, having reached our epiphanies independently.

We then became more aware of the bias and anti-independence stance taken by what had been our ‘usual’ media sources.

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Eddie Izzard, on a ‘No Campaign’ trip to Glasgow, was reported to have been “surrounded by a baying mob of hundreds of Yes supporters, and chased out of St Enoch Square”.

However, we watched the whole thing from the first floor of the St Enoch Centre. There was a crowd of 30 at best, and most were No campaigners. The media footage was shown from low down, and portrayed a fictional and negative narrative, designed, in my opinion, to discredit the Yes campaign.

We realise it’s hard to make decisions and to draw fair conclusions with so many conflicting articles, opposing views, and outright lies and deceit from sources we should all be able to trust. You can argue all day about facts, figures, and projections for the future. Many will do so, but never objectively. However, if you can put all that aside, strip it back, and put it in layman’s terms?

If Scotland is such a burden to the UK, then why is such a clearly ruthless and cutthroat London-centric Westminster government so desperate to keep us in the Union?

It’s because WE have majority of the UK’s resources, WE have the talent, and WE have the ability to do it on our own. Scotland will prosper with independence, free from London rule, and they know that.

And so do we!

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