Excellent piece by Irvine Welsh. I was never a huge fan of his fiction, but as a political writer, hes been top-notch. [T]he reason that this is such a bad result for the establishment is that it compels action; the narrow no decision, in tandem with the massive surge of momentum towards yes, leaves the issue unresolved. Though defeated in the poll, the independence movement emerged far stronger – from the narrow concern of a bourgeois civic nationalist party, to a righteous, vibrant, big-tent, pro-democracy movement. The referendum galvanised and excited Scots in a way that no UK-wide election has done. Like it or not, unless they come up with a winning devo max settlement, every general election in Scotland will now be dominated by the independence issue. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/sep/20/irvine-welsh-scottish-independence-glorious-failure
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:07:41 +0000
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