And so it’s the big day. I began this journey when I started canvassing for Sheila Gilmore MP in June 2009 and since then I have talked personally with literally 1000;s of voters. That in itself has been a great gift and I know that I better understand many things about the city and its citizens because of those conversations.
Of course, what now happens lies not in my hands but in the hands of those same voters. I know what I hope they choose to do but in the end it will be them and them alone who decides who represents them I the Scottish Parliament for the next 5 years. In a week when the whole debate about democracy, sovereignty and justice was exposed and challenged in the death of one many in a city far way, I am deeply grateful and humbled that I have been able to be a candidate ion a democratic process where we can agree or disagree without being disagreeable – or shot.
Whatever happens, I have been reminded again and again just how precious a thing our democracy is and why it is important that we make sure as many folk as possible engage in its processes- whether or not that means they vote for me or my Party.
