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Posted on April 3, 2018January 16, 2023

PRAGMATISM MUST UNDERPIN OUR APPROACH TO A 2nd REFERENDUM

There is only one thing that determines my approach to a second independence referendum and that is winning it. Losing again is simply unthinkable and…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on February 15, 2018January 16, 2023

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

I know it’s a crudely constructed piece of history more designed for Hollywood than Holyrood but I love Braveheart. My favourite part is when the…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on October 8, 2017January 16, 2023

TOWARDS AN INDEPENDENCE 2.0

WITH all the many things said about the anniversary of the referendum it’s hard to believe that the case for independence was crafted some five…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on August 28, 2017January 16, 2023

FEDERALISM

Jeremy Corbyn’s been back in Scotland and that can only mean a renewed debate about federalism in the UK. Where there’s been talk of a…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on August 19, 2017January 16, 2023

NATIONALISM

With an international interest in what is described as ‘nationalism’ it should be no surprise that Scottish ‘nationalism’ is once again being forced in to…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on March 25, 2017January 16, 2023

PROJECT FEAR 2 – THE COMEBACK….

And so it begins. ‘Greece without the sun’, ‘turbo charged austerity’, ‘deficit of £15 billion pounds’. These are the opening salvos in the pre-indyref campaign…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on March 4, 2017January 16, 2023

THE NEXT UNION CAMPAIGN WILL BE FULL FRONTAL BELLIGERENT AND AGGRESSIVE

The next union campaign is not going to be pretty. This is a battle that the Tories really do not want to fight and the…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on February 21, 2017January 16, 2023

THE CASE FOR THE UNION IS NOW A TORY OWNED FRANCHISE

If there is one critical difference from the independence referendum of 2014 and the impending second contest, it is in the composition of the forces…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on February 11, 2017January 16, 2023

THE DAY OUR INDEPENDENCE WAS WON

It’s 4am on the morning of the Seventh of September 2018 and the final declaration of the second Scottish referendum has just come in. Highland…

By petewish
  • Independence
Posted on January 26, 2017January 16, 2023

WHY THE NEXT INDYREF WILL BE DIFFERENT

The next indyref will be absolutely fascinating and totally unlike the contest last time. Last time the unionists managed to ensure that the debate remained…

By petewish

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