It's been a rubbish campaign by Better Together for all sorts of reasons
One, it's got very little unity (ironically!) because it's made up of politicians from the three main parties who hate each other and usually spend time attacking each other. So there's little coherence or co-operation.
Two, they've done very little at grass roots level. It's been very top down - no food knocking like Yes.
Three, they've mainly got across a message of "better not leave because Bad Things will happen". This just annoys people. They have failed to say "the Union is better because ..."
Of course there are lots of other factors why Yes is doing better - the fact that it's exciting to vote for a change and boring to vote for the status quo, the fact that 16 year olds are being allowed to vote, Salmond's brilliance as a canny populist, decades of resentment of "the English" etc etc. But it's been a crap campaign.
Posted By: Old Git on September 8th 2014 at 11:02:33
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- In light of the recent news stories have been reading a bit about this Scottish referendum (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 10:22:49
- I was in Inverness all of last week... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Sep 8, 11:39:42
- the more English Labour campaigns for 'No' (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 8, 11:55:14
- Its the labour party not being able to secure their own vote that (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 12:02:27
- the more English Labour campaigns for 'No' (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 8, 11:55:14
- Quite right (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 8, 11:26:24
- "do it on a properly informed basis in terms of what it means for both side of the border. (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 8, 11:13:07
- What would you have had our idiot hapless politicians do differently? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 8, 10:36:32
- Not be so complacent and knock on the head some of the questionable claims the SNP keep (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 10:44:30
- I think they've been trying to do that for the past 6 months. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 8, 10:50:36
- It's been a rubbish campaign by Better Together for all sorts of reasons (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 8, 11:02:33
- If England offered no VAT on deep fat fryers. It would all be over an hour into the vote (NCFC) - pants, Sep 8, 13:28:09
- More eloquently put, and in many less words than I. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Sep 8, 11:41:45
- precisely this (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Sep 8, 11:08:10
- It's been a rubbish campaign by Better Together for all sorts of reasons (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 8, 11:02:33
- I think they've been trying to do that for the past 6 months. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 8, 10:50:36
- Not be so complacent and knock on the head some of the questionable claims the SNP keep (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 10:44:30
- I have a hunch that the 'yes' bounce is probably about as real as the Nick Clegg bounce (NCFC) - norway, Sep 8, 10:27:13
- I really, really hope you're right - like Quebec (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 8, 10:56:04
- The intesrting tag line in the polls is "excluding the undecideds" but (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 10:59:25
- Possibly. Do often get it a week or two ahead of the vote and then it scares all the (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 8, 10:31:33
- I really, really hope you're right - like Quebec (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 8, 10:56:04
- I was in Inverness all of last week... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Sep 8, 11:39:42
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