"Back to the Future: Remembering the 1707 Act of Union"

Thanks to everyone who attended last night's talk by Dr Leith Davis, "Back to the Future: Remembering the 1707 Act of Union"!  There was a great crowd of students, faculty and members of the public--and CBC TV was there recording the whole event and talking to attendees (it's slated to air this Wednesday on CBC's The National).

Here are the results for the 69 people who took part in the mock vote with the referendum question, "Should Scotland be an independent country?":

YES:       48  (70%)

NO:        18  (26%)

Undecided or spoiled:  3  (4%)

The poll is completely unscientific, of course, but for the participants in the Centre for Scottish Studies's event last night, the ayes have it. Stay tuned for Thursday when the really hard decisions have to be made by the people of Scotland!