Impressions of an SNP meeting - in London.

I might have to revise my idea of heaven! The top floor of The Hoop and Grapes last Tuesday evening, a roomful of people talking sense in Scottish accents. At the very least I felt that I'd come home.
We listened to an introduction to the Smith Commission  https://www.smith-commission.scot/
and then the floor was opened to all comers to describe their experiences of the Referendum - the big day and the lead up to it.  The actual floor was not to be seen - covered with the bodies of those who weren't able to get a chair or got tired standing -phew - it was hot! So many people - 60 + possibly, I couldn't see behind me.
Many had traveled north to help in campaigning, leafleting, marching, meeting people and talking to them about why they should vote yes. Places mentioned were Motherwell, Coatbridge, Paisley, Greenock, the Isle of Skye, Aberdeen and Edinburgh (Craigmillar).Mostly people mentioned the good atmosphere and the buzz, a largely positive response. However one person had spent time - albeit a very short time - in a Better Together office . . . and there were loud groans when someone mentioned no voters who were now regretting their decision.
Some described the opposition from corporations such as BP and Shell who told their employees how they would suffer financially as a result of independence and it was also alleged that Labour party members had targeted vulnerable pensioners telling them they would lose their pensions in the event of a yes vote winning.
Issues mentioned included the need for more pro Independence media in Scotland and the need to complain when lies were published in the press or other media.
We need to find out the answers to the questions people have so we can explain things to them, also how to complain about racism against a group as opposed to against an individual.
Some of this stuff confirmed my suspicions, some of it was new to me, but all of it made a lot of sense.
The convener was being realistic when he summed up the evening's proceedings when he said that we had won the argument but not the vote. There is work to be done. The atmosphere in the room was such that I felt that that work would be done and that it would make a much bigger difference next time as 'come it will for a' that'.