Firstly, I make no apology if this post is passionately in the ‘Yes’ camp. However, I want to hear some passion from the Better Together campaign. I will research and commit to publishing arguments from Better Together that offer us an alternative. Incidently, we all appreciate that YES will mean significant change in Scotland. Please don’t imagine that a NO vote will retain the status quo. There will be significant change either way and the people need to hear from Better Together what that change will be.
OK, now, I have never spoken with Andy Murray but, like most Scots, I have witnessed his struggle to achieve his remarkable place in sporting history.
Many of us have watched Andy’s rise to UK number 1 and felt his frustration as the Wimbledon title and a Grand Slam seemed to evade him. Clearly he has dedicated a big part of his life to tennis and his main goal. Andy has failed more times than Bruce’s spider, but that has not defeated him. He tough’d it out, fought against the odds and in 2012 we watched him achieve his ambition: the Wimbledon title and his first Grand Slam. Scotland felt an immense sense of pride – not just his achievement, but his guts and determination to overcome the demon of defeat.
So, here we are at the Wimbledon final (ignore the actual scores – I don’t remember exactly). Andy is 2 set up and in the 3rd set. He is 5 – 4 up in the set. He is 40 – 15 up in the game with 2 championship points. Scotland could hardly breath. Come on Andy, one more point, one more swing of the racket and you are there. Just one point, just one tick in the box. That’s all it takes.
Well, ‘ask Andy Murray‘ how easy would that be? I am sure he would tell you. That one last point was the hardest point in his whole playing career. How many times has he stood in from of that glass wall and failed?
But here’s the thing, in 2012 he didn’t. He broke through that glass wall, he got that one last point, he achieved his ambition. And all it took was one point. That’s the difference between success and failure. Ask Andy Murray.
That’s all it takes, one tick in the box. Scotland has been struggling for independence for 700 years. Here we are, just one point away from a lifetime’s ambition. It’s so easy? Actually, it’s not. It is the hardest thing in the world – ask, Andy Murray – but he did! and Scotland can do it too, on 18th September, shoulder to shoulder with Andy, we only need one tick in the box.
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