Tuesday 13 December 2011

Moving the Goalposts Salmond-style

In the biggest act of gerrymandering Calton has seen since the Irish were told that they had given the wrong answer in the European referendum, the Scottish Government decided last week to open the consultation on same-sex marriage to anyone, regardless of whether or not they live in Scotland. Clearly the people of Scotland were not giving the answer which Alex Salmond wished to hear and could not be trusted to make up their minds on this important issue without outside help. One wonders whether the same thing will happen come the long-awaited independence referendum if the Scots do not come up with the 'right' answer!