Elephant traps

#IndyRef Elephant trap #2: Don’t ask me about policy, ask a unionist (we haven’t got a clue)

Mick Fealty on September 9, 2014, 1:31 pm

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So here’s another Elephant trap from last week. This one appears overtly to have far less public valence than the George Robertson faux pas. But then again Steve McQueen’s not quite jumped the fence and into Swiss freedom yet! In part that’s because the Yes campaign has signally failed to make policy an issue. So, to the trap. It’s the moment in last weeks debate when the deployment of actress Elaine C Smith a celebrity ringer for Yes was put …

#IndyRef Elephant Trap #1: Falling into the role of ‘self hating Scot’…

Mick Fealty on September 8, 2014, 12:44 pm

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I’ve a couple of instances which show some of the weaknesses in the way the debate over Scottish independence is configured for each side/ This one shows the psychology of adopting a Yes position rather than a No to the the referendum question. As a former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (which the SNP has promised Scotland will join after independence) George Robertson is well placed to argue why Scotland could be a stronger actor within the …