After Wednesday night’s light attendance, although great speakers, I decided to treat myself to the debate for Undecided voters in Dumbarton. This looked a lot more promising in numbers. There must have been about a hundred in the hall and the debate got under way. We had 4 speakers. Elspeth Crockett, a retired school teacher led the charge with an…
Tag: Scotland’s Future
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…