tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post4365416936243034289..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: WARNING: unsupervised triangulation kills.Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-38100367669103012832012-10-28T12:14:34.138+00:002012-10-28T12:14:34.138+00:00Fourfolksache,
I've never seen Mullin in pers...<b>Fourfolksache,</b><br /><br />I've never seen Mullin in person myself, but I'm making better headway with this second volume of his. This is attributable, in part, to the fact that it overlaps with a period of political history which I can recall in some detail. I must have been eleven years of age when Blair got elected in 1997. While I remember that night, I was not, as you might expect, a careful viewer of Westminster politics during my early adolescence...<br /><br /><b>Tearlach,</b><br /><br />Actually, I don't disagree with any of that.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-69128821667499702402012-10-22T19:41:40.133+01:002012-10-22T19:41:40.133+01:00Sorry, end of first para I meant to say " a l...Sorry, end of first para I meant to say " a lot LESS convincing"!Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-65272127809159176822012-10-22T19:41:13.399+01:002012-10-22T19:41:13.399+01:00As always an interesting and thoughtful post, but ...As always an interesting and thoughtful post, but I wonder if you have taken this all a step too far? 2014 is about winning a referendum, not a GE. <br /><br />When the yes vote is won, the NATO issue may come back and bite the SNP hard, with members leaving to join other parties, such as the Greens, but lets not forget that the SNP is a pretty broad church (Alex Neil and Fergus Ewing Ministers in the same Government for goodness sake!) and driven by one principal goal. Independence. <br /><br />NATO membership simply pales into insignificance beside the need and desire to reach that goal.<br /><br />I mean which rational SNP supporter is going to say - hell mend them, they voted to stay in NATO so I will vote no so that we errr stay in NATO.....<br />Tearlachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-39571259842286682592012-10-22T19:40:12.616+01:002012-10-22T19:40:12.616+01:00Good stuff. Have seen Mullins three times now at t...Good stuff. Have seen Mullins three times now at the book festival and whilst he was very much as you describe him, at least when he was talking about crusading investigation (Birmingham 6 etc)he was mild mannered but apparently brave. This year talking about the soul of Labour he was a lot more convincing!<br />As to triangulation I agree it is very dangerous for the reasons to which you allude but I am not sure it fits with NATO. Despite the fact that many did not believe Angus R's 75% line gut feel tells me it is probably true. Not many talk about it spontaneously on the doorstep but I believe as a policy exiting NATO is a big vote loser.Interestingly I am more amazed at the UK (especially the English)population's continued disinterest in talking about the cost of Trident never mind the moral issue. Although I think the SNP focusing on it will increasingly have resonance as the cuts bite.<br />All in all I am more worried about 'Eck's support to that bastard Trump!!!!!!!Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.com