BETTER TOGETHER RIP When we started the Yes campaign (well obviously WE did not actually start the whole thing off but weve have been here since the start) we looked forward to gaining support for a Yes vote through dialogue and debate. There was no way of knowing how this would pan out as a referendum on sovereignty is always new territory for all. Quite quickly the Yes project set in place a grassroots movement the like of which has never been seen in Scotland, and possibly anywhere else for that matter, covering every area from the Borders to up to here. Dialogue we certainly have had in spades and all very welcome it is too - but debate? There are more trees in Shetland than meaningful debates with Better Together, our opposite number, for no other reason than they are refusing to debate nearly everywhere with anyone at anytime. Except amongst themselves. If you have no positive case to make for Scotland remaining under Westminster rule you would be better saying so rather than alienating even your own supporters with made up stories of doom and gloom. At least stating there have been serious financial and democratic losses to Scotland as being part of the Union and trying to remedy them within it might just have held enough water to scrape a No vote in the early days. Those days have now gone. No wonder the pro-unionists wanted a quick journey to the referendum and not the 18 months Holyrood decided on. It takes 18 months to get a positive message out to 5.3 million people in such a sparsely populated country as ours. It also makes it impossible to sustain a catalogue of lies, deceit, misinformation and scares over the same time frame when subjected to forensic examination, as it has been. Better Together soon began to fracture behind the scenes,as early as September 2012 where Tory and Labour could not stand to be working together and formed two completely separate factions, the Tories Friends of the Union and Labours United with Labour. Their Labour MP leader, Alistair Darling, has been criticized by Tories for being hopeless and comatose whilst their other secret weapon Alastair Carmichael, launched as the Bruiser, became a laughing stock as each one of his threats and scares were dismantled in short order. Carmichael finally sank without trace after seeing a huge swing to Yes in live debate in his own wee constituency. There followed a steady stream of Labour defectors to Yes and Labour for Independence. And a distancing of Conservatives from Darlings Better Together. Several statements emanating from Better Togethers own staff contradicted their scare stories culminating in todays news that one of their own co-ordinators has not only resigned, but has moved to Labour for Independence and is voting Yes. Gary Wilson, 53, has gone from Better Together to YES. In desperation to try and save something for the No camp, and avoid any toxic link to Better Together, Vote No Borders has been set up with less than 4 months to go by a pro-unionist businessman, Michael Orford. Described as a Scottish grassroots campaign, it is based in err....Chiswell Street, London and started life with an immediate bank balance of £400,000 overnight. Mr Orford has also donated £120,000 to the Tory Party. Vote No Borders is on Facebook and after huge media coverage this week including on the BBC has 13 likes. Labour for Independence has 5342 followers, which is more than the Scottish Tory, Labour and Lib-Dem parties put together. Were convinced the 50% Yes tipping point has already been reached. When this is reflected in the polls and the media, why would even the most die-hard of No voters even bother on the 18th? That 80% Yes and nothing less is still very much on our table. Pull up a chair and join us.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 14:53:12 +0000
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