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I was asked last Friday if I was disappointed with the Smith Report, to which I replied "no", given that I never believed one word of the nonsense that we had been fed by Darling, Murphy and most of all Brown, Cameron, Clegg and Miliband.While I was bitterly disappointed with the referendum resu... Read more...
Now that it's over and the result was close, I wonder how all the vocal ones, who slapped down the yes vote feel, when David Cameron broke his promise on 19th September, less than 12 hours after the result was in.Not only did he betray the yes vote, but worse still he betrayed the no vote. They ... Read more...
We can now breathe a sigh of relief and get on with the rest of our lives following the independence referendum.A couple of thoughts spring to mind. The turnout was excellent and a credit to all. The majority was quite conclusive at 55.3 per cent for the no campaign.However, we were led to b... Read more...
When Jonathan Wills refers to the UK government dragging "Scotshire" out of the EU as the result of the referendum against "our" will, is he using the royal "we", as in Queen Victoria's "we are not amused?"If not, methinks he presumes to know the thoughts of all of us while producing no evidence... Read more...
Better Together supporter councillor Theo Smith was “obviously delighted” with the referendum result but called for greater devolution of powers, or independence would become an issue again. Following the Lerwick declaration Mr Smith said: “I think that the margin has been greater than I orig... Read more...
An expected turn out of 80 per cent was being forecast for the independence referendum in Shetland at 5.30pm.By late afternoon, around 50 per cent of the local electorate had cast their votes.Turnout for each of the 28 Polling Stations varied, with figures of 32 per cent in Unst Sout... Read more...
Two years ago Prime Minister David Cameron refused to allow a third question of a "devo-max" option on the Scottish referendum ballot paper.Why should we now believe promises of unspecified special powers from him or any of the other last-minute Westminster politicians and their big business int... Read more...