Not in this example.įrom an undecided point of view, a little more objectivity and critical consideration on here would do your cause no harm. Playground empathy and name calling replaces pragmatism and rationality. It’s the lowest common political denominator. This is what happens when a cause invokes Nationalism. We’re monolithic overbearing bullies for not giving you everything you want, and we hate you. I’m from the North East of England, my ancestors experienced more or less exactly the same as the worst parts of Scotland, I hate the Tories and London centrism as much as any Scot I’ve ever met, but that means nothing because it doesn’t suit Salmond’s xenophobic jingoistic narrative. The entire country is never misrepresented as London or Westminster. The whole of England isn’t routinely cast as arrogant, colonial, overbearing, bullying, Imperialist, unfair, hoity toighty. It’s actually quite funny and quite penetrating. Virtual Mars Bar to anyone who can find this online. The speech balloon beside his head reads “You sure this will work?” (Reference to a David Bowie song?) Also in his hand are a little union flag and another flag reading “Stay with us, Scotland!”
He’s holding up a placard written in red and blue, reading “Salmond’s under pressure – No to ch… ch… Changes!” With musical notes beside the words.
A newspaper page lies beside him, reading “David Bowie’s plea to Scotland not to leave the UK”. There are a couple of suited gents observing him, one with a clipboard and one taking his photo with a phone camera. He’s wearing a “Better Together” and a “Save the Union” badge (but not a U-KOK one!). However it’s not a flattering portrait and he’s clearly shaking, with beads of sweat on his brow. It depicts Cameron, dressed in a head-to-toe Union Jack suit with flared shoulders (a bit like a superhero costume) and that red-and-blue lightning flash over his right eye. (Don’t ask – Lockerbie-related news.) As I gingerly turned the pages to find the article I needed, I came across a cartoon which was actually reasonably decent. I had to buy a paper copy of the Scottish Sunday Express yesterday.
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