tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post3654613245611521301..comments2024-02-18T14:05:42.728+02:00Comments on Peripheral Vision: The Status Quo is not on offernomadronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996785326616523308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post-14216502664593902462014-04-02T09:09:51.597+03:002014-04-02T09:09:51.597+03:00Thank you for opening remark! One of the blog'...Thank you for opening remark! One of the blog's purposes is to give a wider sense of good material I've come across in my casual surfing....the Adam Tomkins' blog is a case in point. It stands out against the superficiality or one-sidedness of so much that is written about this issue. nomadronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996785326616523308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post-48714952589167633772014-04-01T15:17:45.816+03:002014-04-01T15:17:45.816+03:00There is more useful material presented or referen...There is more useful material presented or referenced on your recent blogs than anywhere else at the moment. Thank you. There is a sense that we are sleepwalking into the oblivion of uncertainty not least because of the impact of the General Election that follows the referendum in May 2015 and then the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2016. Who is negotiating with whom is a moveable feast.The probability of completing negotiations by March 2016 if there is Yes vote in September is a naive notion in the extreme. Meanwhile public services are being decimated, large businesses are hedging their bets on whether and where to invest and the financial sector is contemplating how to separate in the event of independence. Problem is that whilst the Yes campaign is well organised in a political sense, it is a brouhaha of wishful thinking and on the other side there is an absence of any coherent argument. The days when politicians like Donald Dewar, Robin Cook, Gordon Brown, Menzies Campbell and George Reid stalked the studios brimming with knowledge, sound analysis and engendered public confidence are sadly missing. John Swinney and Alistair Darling have been good and thoughtful advocates for their causes but they lack the charisma to be game changers.KYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952511758045172155noreply@blogger.com