Following on from yesterday’s post on plan B(ully) i feel I must clarify a specific point on Currency Union CU that seems to have escaped everyone’s attention. Westminster, especially George Osborne, and the Better Together campaign have stated that an Independent Scotland cannot have a Currency Union. They have made this an enormous problem, and sadly, some Scots have been…
Tag: Scotland’s Future
Scotland’s referendum – plan B(ully)
Last night we sat in Independence House, Helensburgh watching the Salmond v Darling debate on STV. At the time we all felt a mixture of frustration and deflation because we expected Alex Salmond to wipe the floor with Darling; never the most charismatic politician with more skeletons in his closet than your average morgue. The immediate reaction from the studio…
Scotland’s referendum – the EXIT poll
Every time there is an election or a referendum the media bring their main toy to the party – THE OPINION POLL. Over the years we have been told how accurate they have become, especially the exit poll. Well. I have been thinking about the EXIT poll to end all EXIT POLLS – Scotland’s referendum. The media waste no time…
Scotland say McCrone – Westminster says McCrony!
On 11th May the Herald publish another article on the McCrone reports, and there were a number. [read the article] These reports keep cropping up like a bad penny but for a very good reason. The ‘bad penny’ hasn’t dropped yet. There are still people in Scotland, who call themselves Scots but they seem to lack the Scottish ‘gift’ of…