Andy Murray Goes Last Minute Braveheart on Scotland Independence

Scottish Tennis star Andy Murray comes out last minute with a Yes to Scottish Independence on Twitter.

Today Scotland is voting on the Scottish Independence. The polls are open until 22:00. The race is extremely close and there have been lots of undecided voters.

A Scottish (but also British) icon has come out this morning with a statement supporting an independent Scotland. Tennis star Andy Murray has not come out as strong as Mel Gibson in Braveheart, but he swung to a Yes Scotland Independence on Twitter. 

Huge day for Scotland today! no campaign negativity last few days totally swayed my view on it. excited to see the outcome. lets do this!— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) September 18, 2014

Andy Murray has over 2.7m followers on Twitter. So he got the reach. Besides the British media is all over his Tweet. As close as this poll is a Tweet like that can be the deciding factor. The voting age has also been lowered for this historic decision. Andy Murray is an idol for many young Scots. All this factors also are reason for a lot of criticism for Murray’s decision to take sides this late in the game.

The tweet sent to @andy_murray by @sportingharry is possibly the most vile thing you’ll read. Never fails to amaze how low folk can stoop.— Jordan Young (@joskyn100) September 18, 2014

Andy Murray backs Scottish independence, risking a nose-dive in popularity, says @simonrbriggs http://t.co/iYktvHN8Hk pic.twitter.com/WJwl9S1SEt— Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) September 18, 2014

Andy Murray’s anti UK sentiment will be the kiss of death for his mother’s chances on Strictly Come Dancing. Just watch— Andrew Pierce (@toryboypierce) September 18, 2014

Serious question, if Scotland does divorce itself from Britain, who gets custody of Andy Murray?— Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH) September 17, 2014

The results of the Scotland Independence referendum will be known early Friday morning.