Since launching my blog I have been pleased to see the readership grow and I get great feedback mainly through Twitter. However, as I am learning and growing I have to face a horrible truth. Up until now I have courted opinion from like minded Scots and I am pleased with my progress and feedback. Nevertheless, my passion and that…
Tag: Scotland’s Future
Scotland’s referendum – Brown’d off
Gordon Brown has now thrown his hand into Scotland’s referendum debate. Just as we all thought he had crawled back under a stone, he re-emerges. Perhaps he yearns to relaunch his political career in Scotland. History will not revere Gordon Brown in British politics. It looks to me that he is now doing his phoenix act in Scotland. It also…
Scotland’s Referendum – The Wrong Debate?
I can almost understand why David Cameron has no wish to have a 1:1 debate on Scotland’s Referendum with Alex Salmond. One of his spokespersons suggested it would not be wise because he comes across as a posh boy and secondly he does not have a vote in Scotland. On the first point, Scots should be furious. We have a…
Scotland’s Referendum – the triumph of Social Media?
Ever since people were able to write they have communicated their thoughts and messages on some form or other, whether slate or parchment. Around the late 1430s, a German man named Johann Gutenberg automated the printing process, thus enabling mass communication. Communication evolved slowly over the centuries until the industrial revolution brought us communication on an industrial scale, where mass…