If Westminster is offering a pig in a poke, so is the Independence campaign. They can't say what their currency will be; they can't even say if they'll get to stay in the EU. My opinion would be, "The pie sounds tasty, but please put it back in the oven until it's actually done." (A metaphor for "Get Thine Act Together.") But how does one express that in a "Yes" or "No" vote?
Regarding the "What did you do in the war, daddy?" meme. I'm reminded of the comment made by Roy Jenkins at the time of the vote to join the EU. Labour imposed a No whip on this (bizarrely, as in office the party had favored joining), and keepers of the peace implored the Jenkinsites to abstain rather than defy the whip. But for Jenkins this was the political cause of a lifetime, and he said (approx.) "When I'm asked, 'What did you do in the great division?' I'm damned if the answer is going to be 'I abstained.'"
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Date: 2014-09-08 01:47 am (UTC)Regarding the "What did you do in the war, daddy?" meme. I'm reminded of the comment made by Roy Jenkins at the time of the vote to join the EU. Labour imposed a No whip on this (bizarrely, as in office the party had favored joining), and keepers of the peace implored the Jenkinsites to abstain rather than defy the whip. But for Jenkins this was the political cause of a lifetime, and he said (approx.) "When I'm asked, 'What did you do in the great division?' I'm damned if the answer is going to be 'I abstained.'"