Politics is the art of confusion! The referendum question is simple, ‘Should Scotland by an independent country?’ and the answer is YES or NO. That’s all it is, nothing more. The Scottish Government produced a White Paper; the result of 4 years consultation with the Scottish people. This document and the subsequent Executive Summary were designed to offer the people…
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Currency Union – a big FIB
Sunday the 10th and we’re off to Dumbarton to do a mass canvass. The weather is foul but we’re dressed for the occasion and up for the task. I’m assigned Perrays Crescent and Perrays Way in Lennox Gardens, Dumbarton. 2 hours soaking then back to HQ to reflect on the outcome. The team had a wide range of responses but…
CU Jimmy
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…
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…