A day of reckoning?

A guest blog today from one of Union Jock's fellow campaigners:

Listening to the extreme language from Jim Sillars, about a 'day of reckoning' for certain companies after a yes vote on the 18th, is a reminder of the famous words from pastor Martin Niemoller in Germany. Must they be updated? "First they came for the banks and I did not speak out, because I was not a bank. Then they came for the executives of the supermarkets and oil companies and I did not speak out, because I was not an executive of a supermarket or oil company. Then they came for those who had spoken at public meetings in support of the United Kingdom and I did not speak out, because I had not spoken at public meetings in support of the United Kingdom. Them they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me". Let us all hope there is no day of reckoning.

One of the achievements of the Scottish economy in recent years has been to encourage investment from overseas partners in key sectors of our economy. How can we possibly encourage such investment when a senior SNP leader, Jim Sillars, uses such intemperate language about 'a day of reckoning' for those companies which have warned about the dangers for the Scottish economy of a Yes vote. A shiver ran down my spine as I read his words “What kind of people do these companies think we are? They will find out". How business unfriendly that is! Imagine how a senior businessman in a foreign country will think of Scotland after this episode, words which will lie on the internet for years to come. If you are undecided, please vote No, for the safety of so many Scottish jobs.