Interesting to compare the independence referendum with the UTG one. Until just over a year ago I was a firm NO voter, a position that Id adopted post UTG, and due to my complete mistrust of the SNP given how they conducted themselves over UTG. A lot of other people shared that sentiment. However political parties and more or less interchangeable and can be found on both sides of any debate, so its foolish to become aligned to one of them. As was pointed out numerous times during the UTG campaign, had Labour been in power back when SIW originally offered the £50M, then nothing would have changed other than the position of the politicians. I believe that its always better to be on the side of the truth, and whomever is further from the truth always spins a lot more. We saw this with UTG, some claims were nothing but outright lies. Remember all that crap about Dutch Elm disease? With that in mind I slowly came to the conclusion that NO was a bad place to be, particularly after a long hard look at the claims made around the GERS figures. The GERS figures are factual and beyond reproach. They are the underlying figures cited by both sides of the independence debate. Even a rudimentary once over reveals a ridiculous level of spin on behalf of the NO campaign. Attached is a recent video which takes a deep look at the GERS data. Not nearly as boring as it sounds :) Then theres the pound... Every country in the developed world is able to successfully operate some form of currency, so it absolutely beggars belief that Scotland would be the sole exception. The most obvious factor that the independence referendum has in common with the UTG debate, is the makeup of the people on both sides. The grassroots YES movement is very much resembles a scaled up version of those who sought to save UTG, the arts community, small businesses, socialists, radicals etc. The NO campaign appears to lack an unpaid grassroots movement and is more closely aligned to the wealthy, the establishment, big business, and those with vested interests... always a bad sign. Ironically SIW and Alex Salmond appear to be on different sides this time.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:31:26 +0000
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