Is the ‘Yes’ campaign winning converts – or preaching to the choir?

In Glasgow, it’s difficult not to conclude that the ‘Yes’ camp has the momentum in these final few days. There are ‘No’ badges, posters and flags around the city, but they’re drowned out by the number of ‘Yes’ posters, and the excitement that ‘Yes’ events are creating. Last night I visited a perfectly jolly ‘Yes’ rally in George Square.

It was a funny sort of rally, as the PA system was only broadcasting remarks to those in the thickest knot of the crowd, rather than anyone at the edges.

The only voice anyone could really hear was from a small trestle table towards the back where the Scottish Socialist Party were asking people to sign petitions to end austerity and build a fairer Scotland. But everyone seemed happy just to mill about in the Square in their ‘Yes’ regalia.

I spoke to a series of ‘Yes’ voters about why they’re backing independence:

After George Square, I visited Airdrie, where ‘NHS for Yes’ was holding a rally with SNP Health Minister Alex Neil, surgeon Philippa Whitford from NHS for Yes, Willie Wilson from NHS for Yes, Michelle Thomson from Business for Independence, and Gordon Martin, the regional organiser for the RMT.

It was an impressive event, not just because the speakers performed well, but because they managed some impressive sleights of hand about the threat to the NHS.