This Sunday afternoon’s tidying up unearthed an article from The Times from just before Christmas which cast an interesting light on the David Cameron & George Osborne’s sudden New Year stirring on the question of Scotland, independence, referendum, break up of the union …
Interestingly the article appeared in Times2, lifestyle & culture rather than politics: how, or if, the Scots are feeling independence in the air, the time is ripe …
And one very important aspect of the battle of which I at least had previously been totally unaware. Not only is Alex Salmond a formidable political operator but he is backed by a slick & effective campaigning machine. One which is very well funded.
Generous donors include, according to this article, the couple who won it big last year on the Euro lottery.
Unfortunately my housecleaning zeal got the better of me & I threw the article into recycling before making a proper note of the date or the author of the piece, so am unable to give due credit without getting behind the paywall. Of course I could ask the librarians to bring out the bundle of The Times for the likely dates for me to search through, but that seems too much like hard work these days.
Alternatively somebody could provide a modern online version of the invaluable Palmers Index to the contents of The Times.
