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…
Tag: Scotland’s Future
Scotland’s referendum – the EXIT poll
Every time there is an election or a referendum the media bring their main toy to the party – THE OPINION POLL. Over the years we have been told how accurate they have become, especially the exit poll. Well. I have been thinking about the EXIT poll to end all EXIT POLLS – Scotland’s referendum. The media waste no time…
Scotland say McCrone – Westminster says McCrony!
On 11th May the Herald publish another article on the McCrone reports, and there were a number. [read the article] These reports keep cropping up like a bad penny but for a very good reason. The ‘bad penny’ hasn’t dropped yet. There are still people in Scotland, who call themselves Scots but they seem to lack the Scottish ‘gift’ of…
Scotland’s referendum – the problem that cannot be solved
Since the dawn of time man (and woman always implied) have been faced with problems. Some have been fixed quickly other have taken decades or generations. Sooner or later, we have solved our problems no matter how big, how complex or how costly. You could even say ‘there isn’t a problem, man can’t solve. But you would be wrong. There…