tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post6790269358134976249..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Scottish independence: Project Fear VS Project Hate, the Unionists have used a bit of scaremongering and the Nationalist side as we are seeing is brimming with hatred, at present I am subject to a targeted vicious smear campaignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-57460207200987976942013-07-12T16:22:43.046+01:002013-07-12T16:22:43.046+01:00‘Alex Salmond is an opportunist and an utter buffo...‘Alex Salmond is an opportunist and an utter buffoon.’<br /><br />Quite right, George. What is more, I think the man has never grown up, and I would cite as evidence:<br /><br />1. His stunt at Wimbledon;<br /><br />2. The saltire-print tie he wears all the time;<br /><br />3. His failure to condemn the bullying of Nigel Farage;<br /><br />5. Signing off his letters ‘Yours for Scotland’;<br /><br />And, going back in time a bit, but certainly not to be forgotten:<br /><br />6. His disruption of the 1988 Budget (which, ironically, was triggered by the Chancellor’s pledge to cut corporation tax…a policy which Salmond is now championing for indyScotland);<br /><br />These, and virtually everything else he says and does, are not the actions of the political mastermind he has been portrayed, but of somebody whose mind is not fully developed. <br /><br />Now, that begs the question: how on earth can somebody apparently so juvenile rise to be the most powerful man in the country? <br /><br />Simple: a combination of lousy enemies and a thoroughly disengaged electorate. But these two factors are moving against him in a big way - so much so that I would be staggered if ‘Yes’ manages to exceed 20% of the vote. (I’m actually calculating 17%, and am going to stick £50 on this if I can get good enough odds). <br /><br />Cheers, Derrick<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com