Politics·Posted on 21 Aug 201423 Reasons Scots Are Voting Yes In The Independence ReferendumThe #YesBecause hashtag is trending across the UK. Here's why people are backing Scottish independence.by Jim WatersonBuzzFeed News Reporter, UKLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Yes Bathgate @YesBathgate I'm #yesbecause I don't want this ballot paper! 09:33 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. Euan @EuanAFC1903 #YesBecause Foodbanks are not acceptable in a developed wealthy nation. 11:39 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Yoor Wullie @YoorWullie I'm #YesBecause 11:11 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. David. @shamandream #YesBecause this isn't about haggis or Braveheart - this is about protecting the NHS and the Welfare State. And so much more. 10:50 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Pete Wishart @PeteWishart I'm #YesBecause I'm actually quite keen to be 'burdened' with all this oil. 11:26 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. Carrie @carrierob34 Im #YesBecause this is my son in this pic and I want his future to be bright with scotland being independent and free 11:41 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. Rattlecans @rattlecans #YesBecause We give all our money to London only to be berated as scroungers 10:44 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. MD @MavisDee I'm #yesbecause these three can grow up and have free healthcare, go to University and not have to worry about me. 11:19 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. Vee Mack @Vee_Mack #yesbecause Westminster only serves the City of London. In an Independent Scotland, Holyrood will serve the people of Scotland. 10:42 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. David Officer @Davidofficer I'm voting #yesbecause... 08:47 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. rach7el @rach_murph I'm #YesBecause illegal wars, the lack of a socialist alternative at Westminster, nuclear weapons, food banks, child poverty and for the NHS 09:43 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. Natalie McGarry @nataliemcgarry I'm #YesBecause I don't believe in UK foreign policy. I don't want my country to be a "superpower", just a power for good. 12:28 PM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. Gen Yes Midlothian @GenYesMid #YesBecause we can hold our head up high in the international community. #indyref 11:03 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. Daniel @MiniKitson #YesBecause ask yourself, deep down, do you really, honestly think Cameron, Osborne, Clegg & the like actually give a fuck about Scotland? 10:05 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. Paul McCole @Paulsin2 I'm #YesBecause it's an unknown filled with hope as opposed to a known filled with misery. 10:00 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. DubCentral @DubCentral #YesBecause 10:50 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland I'm #YesBecause I don't want to be the guy saying "I told you so" in 2017 when a Tory government takes the UK out of Europe. 11:00 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. Doug Daniel @DouglasDaniel I'm #YesBecause if we're not prepared to solve our own problems, why should anybody else? 08:23 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Yeskittens @Yeskittens I'm #yesbecause I'm sick of Scotland being a 'cute' country. #indyref 09:49 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. VoteYes on Sept 18th @andytemple67 I'm #yesbecause I am a foster carer & see first hand what welfare cuts & poverty does to a nation & its children. Please vote #Yes 08:22 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 21. Radical Independence @Radical_Indy #YesBecause... have you thought about what the alternative might be? 10:49 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. Aidan Kerr @_Kerr__ I'm #YesBecause in 60 years time my grandchildren will question why my generation even debated the independence of their nation #indyref 12:01 PM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. Stephen Paton @stephenpaton134 I'm #yesbecause the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Westminster has failed us. 08:02 AM - 21 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite