tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post4719543877836816188..comments2024-03-27T08:15:17.334-07:00Comments on ianssmart: What is Independence?ianssmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07863217818794644141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-64356086371996512802017-08-19T22:33:07.470-07:002017-08-19T22:33:07.470-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-81026446189197391662017-01-16T16:57:37.384-08:002017-01-16T16:57:37.384-08:00You are overestimating the significance of the 201...You are overestimating the significance of the 2014 White Paper. Few if any Yes voters were voting for that particular vision of an independent Scotland. They were voting for the restoration of sovereignty and the subsequent renegotiation of the relation between Scotland and the other British nations. The White Paper presented one of many possible outcomes of these negotiations. A particularly conservative and uninspiring one in many eyes. Other groups offered more ambitious visions.<br /><br />The reason slightly more people voted No was that none of the visions of a sovereign Scotland seemed worth the risk versus retaining the status quo of a UK with alternating Tory and Labour governments, protected by the social-democratic ethos of EU law. Which is exactly why more people will vote Yes next time.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873098091020274673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-32452684158247897402017-01-15T13:39:33.180-08:002017-01-15T13:39:33.180-08:00Imagine if New Labour had kept on saying they want...Imagine if New Labour had kept on saying they wanted Clause 4, even though the New Labour leadership didnt really, mainly because the electorate didnt ...carl31https://www.blogger.com/profile/05597198917050760755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-88209531438455132242017-01-15T13:28:48.826-08:002017-01-15T13:28:48.826-08:00Ah! The old straw man fallacy.Ah! The old straw man fallacy.Alasdairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470283131056673377noreply@blogger.com