tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post5179764144048517282..comments2024-03-27T08:15:17.334-07:00Comments on ianssmart: Wish I'd said that at the timeianssmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07863217818794644141noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-1833323481242080442012-02-12T13:32:45.391-08:002012-02-12T13:32:45.391-08:00Not having a plan is the alternative to independen...Not having a plan is the alternative to independence surely?Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383904151475839441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-47979801242250276772012-02-12T13:30:12.568-08:002012-02-12T13:30:12.568-08:00Well done for saying it. Of course there is no po...Well done for saying it. Of course there is no positive case for the Union. The Union is what is. It's the ststus quo. When people say let's change the status you can't somehow magic up a positive case for staying with what you already have. The only case that can be made against change is that changing will not make things better and could make them worse. That's so obvious surely, it was always absurd for unionists to claim that there is a positive case for the Union because that created an expectation that they could come up with one!<br /><br />Incidentally are you using Star Trek time there?Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383904151475839441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-49616523856506571222012-02-12T09:04:37.536-08:002012-02-12T09:04:37.536-08:00"We know, for good or ill, what the Union ent..."We know, for good or ill, what the Union entails." I think you meant to write "We know ... what the Union entailed." If you know what the future will bring then you're wasted as a lawyer. Assuming you get your wish and Scots vote no, then what does your plan for running Scotland on an incredible shrinking block grant - Barnett has no future - look like? Not having a plan isn't an option.Angus McLellanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238976801715524150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-21387952765428655722012-02-12T08:54:11.730-08:002012-02-12T08:54:11.730-08:00"There is no need to make a "positive ca..."There is no need to make a "positive case for the Union"."<br /><br />The tragic thing is that you don't even recognise what a damning statement, on so many levels, that is. You'd fit right in in Glasgow City Council.<br /><br />Was there a need to make a positive case for a Labour Government in 2010? Logically it would have been enough to say "We're the status quo, we'll just campaign on how evil the Tories are". And yet - och, why am I even trying to explain it to you? Carry on as you are. It's working a treat for us.<br /><br />We're not mocking your lack of a positive case as a tactic. We're trying to get one out of you because we'd like an honest, grown-up debate, so that in the event of a Yes vote we don't inherit a Scotland torn in two by Labour's bitterness and vitriol. But it looks like that's all you're offering. So be it.RevStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915111503712807257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-72894453318549449952012-02-12T08:51:21.873-08:002012-02-12T08:51:21.873-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.RevStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915111503712807257noreply@blogger.com