For scottish independence
o Actor Sean Connery - “As a Scot and as someone with a lifelong love for both Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss.”
o Author Irvine Welsh - “I’m totally for independence, totally. I think everyone is, even the unionists. It’s the process which is being argued about, not the principle.”
o Film Director Ken Loach - “If I had the chance to be independent from the Tory-Liberal-New Labour bunch, I’d jump at it .. I think: go for it. Other colonised countries have asserted their independence.”
o Actor Brian Cox - “This whole argument has nothing to do with the pound. It’s not about any of these things they say are important; it’s about ... trying to get back to egalitarian principles, which is so present in the Scottish character.”
o Actor Alan Cumming - “The evidence is clear - in the past 15 years we have become stronger economically, socially, culturally and globally. The world is waiting for us and I know Scotland is ready.”
Against scottish independence
o Writer JK Rowling - “The more I have read from a variety of independent and unbiased sources, the more I have come to the conclusion that while independence might give us opportunities, it also carries serious risks.”
o Football manager Alex Ferguson - “If ever there was a time to be wary of Scotland pulling out of the UK, it is now. It would be a distraction from what really matters - the economy, jobs, schools and hospitals.”
o Actress Emma Thompson - “Why insist on building a new border between human beings in an ever-shrinking world where we are still struggling to live alongside each other?”
o Comedian Billy Connolly - “I don’t believe in having more layers of government that ordinary people will have to pay for. I think it’s time for people to get together.”
o Actor Ewan McGregor - “I’m a Scotsman and I love Scotland with all my heart. But I also like the idea of Great Britain, and I don’t know that it wouldn’t be a terrible shame to break it all up.”
