Tag: referendum
Sound bites and carrots
By Alec Ross
These are the meaningless, vacuous, lazy, mendacious, cynical and intellectually pessimistic sound bites that have largely replaced sensible discourse and now dominate...
Andy Murray backs Yes vote in referendum
By a Newsnet reporter Tennis hero Andy Murray has come out in support of a Yes vote in today's referendum. In an announcement on...
No concerns over independence but Cameron’s EU referendum is harming industry...
By a Newsnet reporter The head of one of the UK's biggest engineering firms has said that his company has no concerns over...
Labour councillor under fire after laughing at censorship of Yes campaign...
By a Newsnet reporter A Labour councillor has caused anger after appearing to mock local people angered at the news the council were...
BBC Scotland under fire after ‘Top Ten’ referendum broadcast provokes outrage
By a Newsnet reporter BBC Scotland Chiefs have come under fire after a programme broadcast on BBC2 as part of a series on...
Better Together chief under fire after oil fund claims dismissed by...
By Martin Kelly A leading figure from the No campaign, who said that Norway relies on high taxes in order to pay for...
Independence and the EU – How BBC Scotland were caught misleading...
By a Newsnet reporter We left part one with the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit having failed to respond to an attempt to escalate the...
Outrage at Labour MP’s ‘Bayonet the wounded’ referendum remark
By a Newsnet reporter A Scottish Labour MP has caused anger after comparing the independence debate to war and suggesting "wounded" independence supporters should...
Introducing Duggy Dug – The indy debate is about to get...
Amid referendum myth and misinformation, independence fear and uncertainty and Yes versus No it can be difficult to make sense of it all. In...
Labour’s Curran denounces anti-Scots collusion as party faces questions over Healey...
By G.A.Ponsonby Labour MP Margaret Curran has admitted her party were "foolish" to mislead Scots over the worth of North Sea Oil in...