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Scottish Campaigning

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With the Scottish independence campaigns drawing to an end and both sides having run really not terribly inspiring campigns (to be generous) I thought a quick contrast of negative techniques was in order. FUD Lies Bribes Intimidation violence Better together • • •     Yes Scotland • • • • • On the FUD* front, Better Together have been “scaremongering” about businesses leaving, currency collapse and the rest of it, meanwhile Yes Scotland have been talking about the NHS being destroyed and the imperial English tory boot crushing Scottish freedom. I think I’ll just skip the lies as really … Continue reading →

Puzzling over Scottish independence

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Before I say anything else I should observe that I’m English and worse than that a Londoner, which by the terms of the Scottish independence debate apparently means I’m not allowed to express an opinion on the matter. To make matters worse I’m a great fan of both the Union and the Monarchy, so I really don’t expect anyone to give two hoots what I think on the matter. I also realise that by having a view, particularly the view I do have, I may rather annoy some people (including some of my friends). Now that that’s out of the … Continue reading →

Inglorious food

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The French Super Market Bon Marche has a new campaign going to sell fruit and veg that doesn’t meet the usual aesthetic qualities people expect from super markets. This is to help combat food waste, and allows them to sell the food 30% cheaper (and I’m sure is absolutely not a marketing gimmick). There’s even the required YouTube video about how successful this campaign has been going around: One interesting thing from the video other than that people will quite happily buy the inglorious food is that