It appears there has been a spat on social media, according to an article in the Sunday Herald, about a prominent YES activist voting for Labour during the recent General Election.

Now I haven’t followed the spat so can’t comment on the ins and outs of it. Angela talks about the name calling of some calling Cat Boyd a traitor for voting Scottish Labour and I assume she did due to the Corbyn affect.

Now I have seen a lot of articles about the so called Corbyn affect, and many voters in Scotland appear more interested in Labour if not in fact voting for them. It’s important to remember Scottish Labour lost more voters to the Scottish Tories during the election to the extent they finished 3rd in Scotland behind the worst Tory Party in my lifetime. For the record, the SNP won the election in Scotland.

However, that’s not the point. The reality of the situation is that a vote for the Labour Party is a vote for the Union. I agree that name calling doesn’t help but I also don’t get worked about it either. As long as it doesn’t cross the line passions are high on all sides and some people just need to grow up.But Labour are a unionist Party, pure and simple.

The members they have left in Scotland are ultra unionists who will always vote for the Union, end of. Now joining the Scottish Labour Party to fight from within, while I still think it would be a waste of time, at least it’s something, but a vote for Scottish Labour if you want Scottish Independence is a wasted vote.

Believe me, I tried the Liberals Democrats a while go and I have learned my lesson. Some fights are not worth the bother and they won’t ever see my vote again in the future. Likewise any vote for Labour from a YES supporter is a waste of time.

The time to join and change Scottish Labour is after we are independent, anything before that is just a waste of your time and your energy in my opinion.

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