tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post4835819089928408572..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Vote No ThanksLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-18432731662799312352014-06-30T01:35:50.759+01:002014-06-30T01:35:50.759+01:00Kind of you to say, Water.Kind of you to say, Water.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-2999195763102151302014-06-20T11:20:05.349+01:002014-06-20T11:20:05.349+01:00LPW I'd like to say Big Thanks for your articl...LPW I'd like to say Big Thanks for your articles,your gift of writing,to the educated and uneducated like me is of great help,to this debate.I do need a Scots,Oxford dictionary at hand as my only expense,a donation on the way.waterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242753707412340371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-48546159243682181032014-06-20T04:09:15.073+01:002014-06-20T04:09:15.073+01:00But what is the point of convincing people who are...But what is the point of convincing people who are already convinced? It is the weak No vote who are willing to debate who they need to hold onto and even more the undecided they need to reach, not those who won't change their vote no matter what. I don't think you are quite getting what a campaign slogan is supposed to do. J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-30315267334767118232014-06-19T23:10:20.560+01:002014-06-19T23:10:20.560+01:00Nah. I think that is the attitude of many No voter...Nah. I think that is the attitude of many No voters (against, not willing to debate it), and that's one thing that 'No Thanks' is aimed at.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-70178226285960345312014-06-19T20:25:19.241+01:002014-06-19T20:25:19.241+01:00At the least it is a pretty blatant admission that...At the least it is a pretty blatant admission that their previous slogan wasn't winning votes.J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-43436219248229952322014-06-19T20:24:02.526+01:002014-06-19T20:24:02.526+01:00I think you're projecting. :-)I think you're projecting. :-)J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-3183292126869102442014-06-19T19:11:56.486+01:002014-06-19T19:11:56.486+01:00Does a campaign that thinks it's winning chang...Does a campaign that thinks it's winning change its branding and slogon this close to the end?Tulloch Gorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512316606325217186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-69236589675371061652014-06-19T18:50:59.245+01:002014-06-19T18:50:59.245+01:00As a non-old-Labour-socialist yes voter, I could b...As a non-old-Labour-socialist yes voter, I could be projecting here...commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-75215020451047214552014-06-19T18:49:40.743+01:002014-06-19T18:49:40.743+01:00It's not an apathetic No Thanks. It's reje...It's not an apathetic No Thanks. It's rejection while avoiding the investment in a tiring argument with a political bore.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-61616849643930551532014-06-19T18:17:35.521+01:002014-06-19T18:17:35.521+01:00LPW: 'The interest of Better Together new slog...LPW: 'The interest of Better Together new slogan, for me, is that it implicitly recognises the attractions of independence.'<br /><br />But does It? I was actually reminded of the anti-nuclear slogan 'Nuclear Power?: No Thanks' which did not conjure up for me any delightful visions of reactors.<br /><br />Oh guitar cases with 'Nein Danke' slogans! Were we ever so young?<br />Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-35715809116570644672014-06-19T18:12:10.107+01:002014-06-19T18:12:10.107+01:00Yeah, but where does that end, Commentor? "F...Yeah, but where does that end, Commentor? "Fancy popping down to the polling station before 10pm to say No to separation?" "Er, no thanks."James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-75968669970808699592014-06-19T18:10:00.585+01:002014-06-19T18:10:00.585+01:00I'm unsure whether this will turn out to be a ...I'm unsure whether this will turn out to be a good slogan, but I do find it intriguing that Better Together/Project Fear/No Thanks/Conservative Central Office are following the Quebec 1995 template so religiously. Was the 'Non merci' campaign in Quebec really such a success? They threw away a handsome early lead and ended up with a result that was effectively a coin-toss.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-24238077630917226342014-06-19T17:42:14.020+01:002014-06-19T17:42:14.020+01:00True, but the campaign is aimed at the demographic...True, but the campaign is aimed at the demographic that really has had it up to here with those people who are always banging on about those things. The demographic that isn't about to get dragged into a discussion about that tedious stuff. Life's too short. No thanks.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-40848242873945019882014-06-19T17:25:59.420+01:002014-06-19T17:25:59.420+01:00The problem with it is that it is very easy to tur...The problem with it is that it is very easy to turn on its head. (I happen to think it is a terrible slogan) <br /><br />Vote Yes. No thanks to billions for HS2.<br />Vote Yes. No thanks to Trident on the Clyde.<br />Vote Yes. No thanks to hungry weans.<br />Vote Yes. No thanks to food banks.<br />Etc....J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-31213367916078008532014-06-19T17:08:22.256+01:002014-06-19T17:08:22.256+01:00"No Thanks" - it's what you say to a..."No Thanks" - it's what you say to a doorstepper when you really aren't interested and also don't want to get into some nonsense conversation about it. It's all part of the drive to make the whole thing seem stressful (cybernats) and the project of one man (Salmon).<br /><br />"Hi, can I talk to you about the all the great possibilities handed to us by independence?"<br /><br />No thanks. Thankyou but no. Slides door closed [click]. *shuffles back to Great British Whatever*.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.com