There was no clamor to change the rules for the 1979 referendum nor for devolution nor for the last UK Westminster election so why now – distraction.
Nor indeed for the 1997 referendum which actually reinstated the Scottish Parliament, albeit in neutered form, after a 290 year adjournment.
As for the Scottish Government; the decision as to who does/does not vote is a simple case of damned if you do - damned if you don't. Whichever group screams "disenfranchised" will be championed by the
Anti's who, as ever, seem only capable of generating more heat than light.
One of my former colleagues in the US, Art Sandeson, had a Grandfather who hailed from Portsoy. Perhaps Art should also be given a vote. I'll drop him a line and suggest he write to the Daily Mail who, I'm sure, will be delighted to take up his case.
