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| This week in the #indyref campaign | This week in the #indyref campaign |
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| The week kicked off with this exclusive from Severin Carrell and Henry McDonald about one of Northern Ireland's most feared paramilitary hardmen urging Ulster loyalists to keep out of the independence campaign because they could seriously damage the pro-UK cause. | The week kicked off with this exclusive from Severin Carrell and Henry McDonald about one of Northern Ireland's most feared paramilitary hardmen urging Ulster loyalists to keep out of the independence campaign because they could seriously damage the pro-UK cause. |
| The independence blog included films from the Radical Independence Campaign meeting in Inverness, and made a trip to Largs to ask people there about negativity in the referendum debate. | The independence blog included films from the Radical Independence Campaign meeting in Inverness, and made a trip to Largs to ask people there about negativity in the referendum debate. |
| Why Largs? Because Largs residents, Chris and Colin Weir were this week revealed to be significant funders of both Yes Scotland and the SNP. | Why Largs? Because Largs residents, Chris and Colin Weir were this week revealed to be significant funders of both Yes Scotland and the SNP. |
| The sweetie shop on the Largs seafront pictured above reminded me of this piece by Audrey Gillan, formerly of this parish, about her mother Christine, a travelling salesperson for a west of Scotland confectionary company for nearly four decades. | The sweetie shop on the Largs seafront pictured above reminded me of this piece by Audrey Gillan, formerly of this parish, about her mother Christine, a travelling salesperson for a west of Scotland confectionary company for nearly four decades. |
| It was sunny (see above). | It was sunny (see above). |
| Elsewhere, reconciliation sprung upon the laity's lips after the Church of Scotland's incoming moderator announced he would be holding a service of national unity three days after the referendum at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. | Elsewhere, reconciliation sprung upon the laity's lips after the Church of Scotland's incoming moderator announced he would be holding a service of national unity three days after the referendum at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. |
| There was less chumminess following a suggestion by the Daily Mail that Alistair Darling was being ousted from the pro-union campaign, as Alex Massie sets out here in swearwords of one and two syllables. | There was less chumminess following a suggestion by the Daily Mail that Alistair Darling was being ousted from the pro-union campaign, as Alex Massie sets out here in swearwords of one and two syllables. |
| Prime minister David Cameron stymied allegations that he was a daytripper by making a two-day visit to Scotland, and yesterday invoked the memory of John Smith, which found a perhaps more appropriate custodian in John McTernan, writing earlier in the week for Comment is Free. | Prime minister David Cameron stymied allegations that he was a daytripper by making a two-day visit to Scotland, and yesterday invoked the memory of John Smith, which found a perhaps more appropriate custodian in John McTernan, writing earlier in the week for Comment is Free. |
| Scottish Review carried an interesting piece on no voters' silence by Andrew Hook, while National Collective had this touching offering from David Officer contemplating the birth of his first child a month after the referendum vote. |