Imagine voting in a referendum and getting a guarantee? I am not talking about the short term selfish trickery of Westminster and the Better Together campaign. I mean a real guarantee. Not like the guarantee on your TV that runs out in 3 years. Not the false guarantee that our pensions are safer with Westminster. I mean a guarantee that remains forever;…
Scotland’s referendum – Vote NO, lose Faslane altogether!
DON’T VOTE NO TO SAVE FASLANE – ITS GOING ANYWAY! One of the principle concerns we find on the doorsteps of Argyll & Bute is potential closure of Faslane with a YES vote and an SNP Government. Two things are immediately worth pointing out. First, with a YES vote there is no guarantee nor is it a given that SNP…
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,…
Scotland’s referendum is our ONE chance to stop The Glasgow Effect
Today, I am very pleased to publish a brief article from Dr Gwen Jones-Edwards explaining The Glasgow Effect. First, let me set a scene: Unfortunately, the referendum has come too late for some. However, if we do not take our destiny into our own hands, many others are condemned to the same fate. Ecclesiastes 9:3 – ‘Where There’s Life,…