tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post1109291783099419529..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Nairn Academy says NO! 71% - vote against Independence for Scotland Graisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-33454711207148524772013-11-28T15:43:46.666+00:002013-11-28T15:43:46.666+00:00I was always going to vote NO to independence...to...I was always going to vote NO to independence...today I think I have changed my mind...WHY? Well if we vote yes we will at last maybe be put out of the European Union.<br />Lets hope Spain sticks to its guns and a few more agree with them....hooray real freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-90112320799834251302013-11-27T23:25:47.207+00:002013-11-27T23:25:47.207+00:00Anon says:*But perhaps we will have to accept that...Anon says:*But perhaps we will have to accept that there may be a NO vote simply because people decided that leaving the UK was just a bad idea, irrespective of the views of the mainstream media.*<br /><br />Quite possibly. Other reasons may apply also:<br /><br />- the SNP campaign has been aimed at the lowest common denominator in the voter mix. I feel that thet have underestimated the Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-84956952339222100642013-11-25T14:33:28.646+00:002013-11-25T14:33:28.646+00:00A number of comments on here claiming a pro-union ...A number of comments on here claiming a pro-union media bias, potentially affecting the outcome of the referendum.<br />Whether there is bias or not may be the subject of discussion.<br />But perhaps we will have to accept that there may be a NO vote simply because people decided that leaving the UK was just a bad idea, irrespective of the views of the mainstream media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-7546477047157225372013-11-25T13:17:07.188+00:002013-11-25T13:17:07.188+00:00Thank you YES for reminding me just how boring the...Thank you YES for reminding me just how boring the Independence argument is by hi-jacking YES propaganda and regurgitating it.<br />The story is about Nairn Academy voting NO, not about the merits (or lack of) of Independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-46548951929678885482013-11-25T10:50:42.419+00:002013-11-25T10:50:42.419+00:00From wingsoverscotland.com
From 22 Nov 2013 “Tele...From wingsoverscotland.com<br /><br />From 22 Nov 2013 “Telegraph View <br />“The Barnett Formula, under which Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive more public spending per head than England, has long rankled south of the border. Even Joel Barnett, who was chief secretary to the Treasury when the system was introduced in the Seventies as a temporary measure, subsequently disowned it.<br /Yes in 297 daysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-45902277841058913472013-11-24T21:05:54.427+00:002013-11-24T21:05:54.427+00:00As long as folk keep am open mind. Wait and see wh...As long as folk keep am open mind. Wait and see what is on offer. Scotland will have a choice of 2 futures - neither of which has the certainties that Alistair Darling asks for.<br />The same Mr Darling who couldn't forecast the banking collapse he held responsibility for.<br />The Independence White Paper comes out on Tuesday - and YES Nairnshire - will get summary guides out to local folk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-43257896179931202762013-11-24T19:25:44.848+00:002013-11-24T19:25:44.848+00:00just carry on as though nothing has happened then?...just carry on as though nothing has happened then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-22815426557130831612013-11-24T17:38:44.548+00:002013-11-24T17:38:44.548+00:00Perhaps someone would like to post say half a doze...Perhaps someone would like to post say half a dozen links to recent pro Independence articles/programs in the mainstream media?<br /><br />I thought so Perhapsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-17443921035960230242013-11-24T13:13:42.876+00:002013-11-24T13:13:42.876+00:00Silence from the local Yes campaign then?Silence from the local Yes campaign then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-45796451126760861712013-11-24T10:58:48.730+00:002013-11-24T10:58:48.730+00:00I find the comments here very disappointing. Nicol...I find the comments here very disappointing. Nicola Sturgeon said "We want to make sure that our young people have the opportunity to engage in Scotland's democratic process. We want to give them the right to voice their views, freely and confidently, on the matters that affect them."<br />Yet when the youth of Nairn were given that opportunity, rather than voicing their views Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-53151047892892040162013-11-23T22:32:02.923+00:002013-11-23T22:32:02.923+00:00"Perhaps the young folk currently suffer from...<i>"Perhaps the young folk currently suffer from the same lack of confidence as their parents did a generation ago?<br />Young people have far better critical analysis ability than we had - But they need access to facts - not the biaised spin that oozes from much of the mainstream media moguls."</i><br /><br /><br />Perhaps they don't.<br /><br />Perhaps they are a savvy bunch that Spurtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-15452558174435028972013-11-23T18:00:20.476+00:002013-11-23T18:00:20.476+00:00Perhaps the young folk currently suffer from the s...Perhaps the young folk currently suffer from the same lack of confidence as their parents did a generation ago?<br />Young people have far better critical analysis ability than we had - But they need access to facts - not the biaised spin that oozes from much of the mainstream media moguls.<br />For example - check out where small countries sit on the World's Prosperity Index?<br />http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-86069066893312545742013-11-23T12:08:33.297+00:002013-11-23T12:08:33.297+00:00The drip drip of the Unionists is ever present in ...The drip drip of the Unionists is ever present in all the medias, television, radio, newspapers, and the internet. There are no mainstream medias behind the Independence vote and most people are guided though what they hear or see in the media<br /><br />A swing to the Yes vote will only occur if this changes, if not the election will be lost through the media biasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-73362073132232196042013-11-23T11:54:41.962+00:002013-11-23T11:54:41.962+00:00The local YES campaign just doesn't seem to ha...The local YES campaign just doesn't seem to have got off the ground does it? When will the NO camp make an appearance however?Disappointednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-44688603420276432442013-11-23T10:10:04.987+00:002013-11-23T10:10:04.987+00:00@ YES this comment is exactly what is making a moc...@ YES this comment is exactly what is making a mockery of the yes campaign. There seems to be an arrogance amongst some pro independence campaigners that dismisses a no supporters views as irrelevant and un educated and all press as scaremongering biased and sensationalist. Whatever the truth in this or not the yes campaign needs to mobilise in a much more positive and engaging manner. I am a Floating Voternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-70124727203375468622013-11-22T22:27:20.335+00:002013-11-22T22:27:20.335+00:00No surprise. All mainstream media is anti the Yes ...No surprise. All mainstream media is anti the Yes vote. Pupils are reliant on their teachers or doing their own research to find out what the Yes vote really means for Scotland. Another case of the negative fear campaign winning over young hearts and mindsYesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-68996905964204890662013-11-22T20:51:02.407+00:002013-11-22T20:51:02.407+00:00How sensible the Nairn youth are, there is hope fo...How sensible the Nairn youth are, there is hope for Scotland yet ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-15450616371536942502013-11-22T20:17:34.351+00:002013-11-22T20:17:34.351+00:00Alex Salmond loses two stone on celebrity diet
htt...Alex Salmond loses two stone on celebrity diet<br />http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/alex-salmond-loses-two-stone-on-celebrity-diet-1-3127993wee slimmer ecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-38460366854808051302013-11-22T17:13:25.009+00:002013-11-22T17:13:25.009+00:00The facebook generation, more than any other, must...The facebook generation, more than any other, must surely be less likely to embrace the concept of establishing new, or extra, levels of complexity in the world that they see in simple terms for what is actually is, global.<br /><br />Online games and social media experiences shared with young people whose location or naitionality is neither relevant nor important will not engender any sense of Spurtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-31435222542724849942013-11-22T15:00:55.978+00:002013-11-22T15:00:55.978+00:00It is also worth considering that the SNP Governme...It is also worth considering that the SNP Government chose to include under 18s in the referendum as it was thought that youngsters would be more likely to support the YES campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-82371439667446750792013-11-22T14:56:43.187+00:002013-11-22T14:56:43.187+00:00re-educational programming requiredre-educational programming requiredwee fat ecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-27271519430998649842013-11-22T11:41:23.879+00:002013-11-22T11:41:23.879+00:00Actually, some of the pupils will/are of voting ag...Actually, some of the pupils will/are of voting age for next years referendum as 16 year olds are voting next year.Nairnlassnoreply@blogger.com