EU Referendum


Scottish referendum: an unwise reminder


10/09/2014



Booker is planning to "do" Scotland in his column this weekend, and I am going to reserve substantive comment until then. 

However, I do remain confident that the status quo effect will kick in and the "no" campaign will win by a comfortable margin (a sentiment shared by The Boiling Frog), even if the shambolic nature of the referendum suggests otherwise.

Despite the narrowness of the current poll, therefore, I do think it is rather silly of party leaders to go rushing up north. It really cannot be a good idea to give the Scots such a prominent reminder of why they might want independence in the first place.

And if it is only now dawning on Mr Cameron that people are increasingly motivated in their voting behaviour by a desire to give the effing Tories a kick, one can only observe that this realisation has been a long time coming.

In the meantime, I can confirm that there are no immediate plans to declare Scotland a no-fly zone, and no plans for a NATO bombing campaign - despite the probable popularity of such a measure. 

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