I have been throughly disappointed and depressed at much of the response to my articles on the EU. I hate group think and soundbites, on whatever side and yet that is what I have been largely faced with. I know that there are thoughtful SNP politicians and supporters who have considered these things and come up with a different point of view to mine (let me give a shout out to Autonomy Scotland who has at least attempted to provide some evidence, and has interacted intelligently). But the vast majority of responses have just come straight out of the National and the SNP botmachine. I won’t give you a list, but let me give you one example – if I had a pound for every time I heard ‘are you saying Germany isn’t independent?’ (in response to my claim that Indy in the EU is not real independence) I could…
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