Brown maybe right re diagnosis but his ‘cure’ only aggravates a problem created by New Labour’s (ie his) cackhanded devolution settlement over 25 years ago. It’s like a trauma surgeon noting withered limbs advocating a further course of amputations.
There is a contradiction at the heart of this analysis though. The writer points out , correctly , that there isn’t going to be another independence referendum any time soon. He also highlights the current demographic split with younger voters favouring separation , while older voters favour the status quo. But here’s the thing, time waits for no man. So every day an `indy ref doesn’t happen , is another day older for younger voters, who will move inexorably towards mortgages, children and middle age , all of which must have some bearing on out look , given that “it’s the economy stupid.”
The second point about this demograph is many of them have known no other politics than the toxic juxtaposition of SNP in Edinburgh and Conservatives in London. The very real prospect of Labour administrations in both , offers the prospect of politics based on cooperation rather than the miserable self serving division of the Sturgeon years.
None of this however is in conflict with the excellent Mr Daisley,s central premise , that unionists should not rest on their laurels. The time is fast approaching when courageous leaders acting in concert will have the opportunity and the weapons to vanquish nationalism for ever.
Labour was told this would come to pass with its idiotic devolution (I as a journo warned several top Lab ministers at the time this would all come to pass - I got a pat on the head as if I was nuts. We sent a delegation to Better Together warning them they needed to make emotional arguments... again we got a pat on the head. So, now one the politicians who created this mess is claiming the arguments we said should've been followed!
As anyone who knows anything about campaigning, marketing and PR will tell you - you MUST make emotion-based arguments not just factual ones. Advertising has known this since WW2! Psyops is based on this! So how come politicians are just walking up to this!!!!!
Brown maybe right re diagnosis but his ‘cure’ only aggravates a problem created by New Labour’s (ie his) cackhanded devolution settlement over 25 years ago. It’s like a trauma surgeon noting withered limbs advocating a further course of amputations.
There is a contradiction at the heart of this analysis though. The writer points out , correctly , that there isn’t going to be another independence referendum any time soon. He also highlights the current demographic split with younger voters favouring separation , while older voters favour the status quo. But here’s the thing, time waits for no man. So every day an `indy ref doesn’t happen , is another day older for younger voters, who will move inexorably towards mortgages, children and middle age , all of which must have some bearing on out look , given that “it’s the economy stupid.”
The second point about this demograph is many of them have known no other politics than the toxic juxtaposition of SNP in Edinburgh and Conservatives in London. The very real prospect of Labour administrations in both , offers the prospect of politics based on cooperation rather than the miserable self serving division of the Sturgeon years.
None of this however is in conflict with the excellent Mr Daisley,s central premise , that unionists should not rest on their laurels. The time is fast approaching when courageous leaders acting in concert will have the opportunity and the weapons to vanquish nationalism for ever.
Great article. Fine example of looking past the headlines, drawing deeper into the information.
Yeh if we want a united UK we’ve got some work to do
Labour was told this would come to pass with its idiotic devolution (I as a journo warned several top Lab ministers at the time this would all come to pass - I got a pat on the head as if I was nuts. We sent a delegation to Better Together warning them they needed to make emotional arguments... again we got a pat on the head. So, now one the politicians who created this mess is claiming the arguments we said should've been followed!
As anyone who knows anything about campaigning, marketing and PR will tell you - you MUST make emotion-based arguments not just factual ones. Advertising has known this since WW2! Psyops is based on this! So how come politicians are just walking up to this!!!!!