I think we all knew they would throw the kitchen sink at the YES campaign – but all we’ve had so far is the drain. I hope we are all holding our nerve while the fear mongers thrash about like a salmon that just leapt onto the bank – dreadful pun! The ‘highs’ and the ‘lows’ of the campaign so…
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The home straight
We are inside the last 2 weeks and it is so, so close. Not in % terms, in time. We are almost there, we are on the home straight. A word of warning to us all. Races are won and lost on the home straight. We know that a desperate Westminster will try to pull something at the last minute.…
Scotland’s Referendum – The New Scottish Enlightenment, the Enlightenment of the People
When I was at school in Glasgow, history was a kind of non subject. Being a bit of a rebel and not always ‘well behaved?’ I was often punished by being sent to the history room or the school library where I was given a history book to read. This happened several times when I refused to play football for the…
Scotland’s referendum – the ‘power’ of the badge
It’s Saturday 28th and we are headed for Bannockburn. This is day 1 of 2 of the re-enactment and there is a capacity crowd of 10,000. It’s a nice(ish) day, some showers predicted but some sun as well. Nothing will dampen our spirits for this historic 700th anniversary. Going through Stirling we run out of road signs. The military celebration,…