I just watched First Minister’s Questions and was so incensed that I interrupted my blog on Christians for Independence to express my disgust. The SNP and Green Party stand up in the Scottish Parliament and speak on behalf of the Scottish people whom they represent and who gave them a majority in Parliament. The Scottish Labour Party, the Scottish Conservative…
Tag: Scotland’s referendum
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…