tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post7482518367324714861..comments2024-03-29T09:02:27.112+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Alex Massie unwittingly pinpoints yet another excellent reason to vote for independenceJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15933448091271416972013-12-11T22:07:10.225+00:002013-12-11T22:07:10.225+00:00every now and then, Mr Massie, can't stop one ...every now and then, Mr Massie, can't stop one squeezing out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62824652628276657262013-12-11T19:39:59.825+00:002013-12-11T19:39:59.825+00:00the fundamental difference with the No campaign...<i>the fundamental difference with the No campaign's negativity is that they are dreaming up wildly implausible speculative claims of how an independent Scotland might flounder, while Yes are talking about what is verifiably wrong with the UK right now.</i><br /><br />Exactly. "1 in 5 Scottish children in poverty" is NOT the same as "England might bomb Scottish airports" because the first is ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, the other just "might" happen (with a given value of "might.") It is NOT scaremongering to highlight issues which are happening as we speak and policies which are being implemented as we speak, and the No campaign refuse to see this.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-15595803996568006982013-12-11T19:33:09.401+00:002013-12-11T19:33:09.401+00:00The banner for Bettertogether is UK-OK
I am prett...The banner for Bettertogether is UK-OK<br /><br />I am pretty sure that a lot of people, a majority who are not Scots, are far from feeling ok.<br /><br />For me then the argument runs thus: Why vote yes? <br />Answer: Is there anything at all, on balance that makes what is happening right now acceptable? What is it, that you are asking me to vote no for?James Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-18094140420902289402013-12-11T19:08:29.804+00:002013-12-11T19:08:29.804+00:00That piece is so far below Massie's usual inte...That piece is so far below Massie's usual intellectual standards I can only conclude he had a heavily liquid lunch. <br /><br />It ignores the fact that nobody voted for a coalition government. It ignores the fact that the electoral system distorts voting in FPTP elections. It ignores the fact that it's stupendously unusual for a single party to get a majority in Scotland, whereas you can get a HUGE majority in England on a third of the vote.<br /><br />And plenty more besides, much of which you've already expertly skewered.RevStuhttp://wingsoverscotland.comnoreply@blogger.com