Maybe it's time we all grew up

When I heard Lord Robertson at the tail end of 2013 telling us Scotland couldn't be independent because we lack a language and a culture that make us distinctive, I thought: finally, we've hit the bottom of the pit. We can stop digging: the stupidest comment has been made and by a man whose title is "of Port Ellen." That's Port Ellen on the island of Islay, where they speak the Gaelic language and have a wee bit of culture. 

But of course I underestimated how thick humans can be, because then we got Miley Cyrus, the twerking queen, telling us: "No way. I love England as it is, especially Edinburgh, that's my favourite place in England. They totally shouldn't break that shit up."

And then we got David Bowie commenting at the Brit awards or rather, his mouthpiece commenting because he couldn't even be arsed to turn up: "Scotland, stay with us."

And Kermit the Frog waded in...

 and Eddie Izzard added his tuppensworth.

Eddie is now apparently worried he'll lose fans in Scotland after having his say. Worry not, Eddie: you haven't that many fans and most of us in Scotland would likely pay more attention to Kermit than we would to you. 

And then - no show without Punch - George Robertson came back and warned us that Scotland leaving the union would have a catclysmic effect on western civilisation.

Cataclysmic: now that's a word I've only ever heard used when describing volcanoes.

Which brings me to my point - and no before time, I hear you say. I've singled out the Better Together mouthpieces above because they're funny but both Yes and Better Together are guilty of trotting out celebs, redundant politicians and rent-a-mouth personalities to give us their view on Scottish independence. My own view is I don't care if Shir Sean is for independence. Or Irvine Welsh for that matter. Neither of them lives here or is likely to move here and pay a penny in taxes if independence comes about. Nor are the people above of any importance in the debate, although I love opening my paper of a morning to see who's the next one to get their views aired: The Chuckle Brothers maybe? 

The people who really matter are those of us who live here and will vote in September. Particularly young people and especially young women. It seems the first group are not engaged in this debate and the second group are not prepared to commit themselves one way or the other. But they are the very people who will have to make independence work if it comes and, if it doesn't, they will have to make some sort of accommodation with the Westminster Parliament and the UK political parties to get a working relationship going between Edinburgh and London. And some negotiation will be needed, because either way: nothing will ever be the same again.