Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - O le faaupuga na faia e Rob Shorthouse, o lē sa avea ma faatonu o fesootaʻiga a le "Better Together" i le taimi o le palota mo le tutoʻatasi o Sikotilani
ma na muamua lomia i le nusipepa a Sikotilani o le "Herald" i le 2013. Na muaʻi fuafuaina o se tala malie, o se fautuaga faʻatauvaʻa mo Yes Scotland o se igoa talafeagai e mafai ona faʻaaogaina i ana faitioga faifai pea e uiga i le Better Together's Unionist scare mongering. Ae ui i lea, na mulimuli ane taliaina e tagata Sikotilani na faʻaaogaina ina ua maeʻa ona faʻaaogaina e Shorthouse i se talanoaga ma tusitala i le konafesi a le Scottish Conservatives party ia Iuni 2013 ma na lolomiina. Na faaaogā e le taʻitaʻi o le Scottish National Party, o Alex Salmond, le faaupuga lea e taufaifai ai i le sui o le Unionist, o Alistair Darling, i le taimi o se finauga i le televise.