What to do on a Wednesday evening? Drive past Faslane, keep an eye out for any stray nukes, keep going along the banks of Loch Long, Trident now a distant memory and we break through into Arrochar. My mission, should I chose to accept it, is to attend the Yes Scotland public meeting for Undecided voter. This week the chairs…
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Scotland’s referendum – Just Another Saturday
Apologies to Billy Connolly for nickin’ the title of his film. So, it was Saturday again, a glorious morning, as we gathered in Helensburgh to continue our canvassing programme, taking the Yes Scotland message to the people of ‘very’ West Helensburgh. This week we had a change to our format to capture more useful information. I set off on my…
Scotland’s referendum – Westminster busted myths gets BUSTED
News story: Source www.gov.uk/Scottish Independence Referendum {this is an official document} Scotland. The UK. 10 Myths. 10 Facts. BUSTED! (The Westminster Busted Myths are Busted – in red) Organisation: Scotland Office Page history: Published 6 May 2014 Policy: Informing the debate on Scotland’s constitutional future Topic: Scotland Topical event: Scottish independence referendum What would happen to Scotland if we became independent?…
Scotland’s referendum – the Gartocharn debate
Yesterday evening I attended another Undecided meeting in Gartocharn as part of the Yes Helensburgh team. My purpose was twofold. First of all, I helped to set up the chairs then, the easy bit, listening to the speakers and more importantly, listening to the questions. The speakers were particularly good. Dawn Fyfe was highly inspirational in explaining the rationale…