I suppose I was an Independence activist up to 18 September. On the 19 September I went into denial. Fortunately, that only lasted about a day. I quickly realised that I had fallen for the oldest trick in the ‘political manual of subversion’ the ‘false sense of security’ trap. This realisation turned my denial into anger pointing mainly inward. I…
Category: Scotland’s Referendum
To the Loser goes the spoils?
I saw another clip on Facebook revealing more ballot papers and referendum paraphernalia to add to the list of all the other ‘reveals’ we have seen. I do like a good old conspiracy and , boy, we’ve had plenty to keep us animated. It may be that some or even all of these are genuine – I don’t know –…
.. to Strategy and beyond
… We didn’t have a strategy? That was where I left it, but I can’t just leave it there. Strategy is a bit like tactic but subtly different. Tactic is something you often keep to yourself because you don’t want the opposition to know your play. If strategy is mistaken for tactic and kept a close guarded secret – it…
Didn’t he do well?
This is a living post where I am documenting what I think we did well and what we did wrong or not so well. With comments and feedback I will keep amending this list. It is merely a view and I will develop this in my super-strategy. WHAT WE DID WELL 1. I am a numbers guy and I thought…