It gets worse.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/20...-united-kingdomAlistair Darling is now leader off for the unionist campaign and he wrote an article for the guardian making his case. It is woeful. The main points he makes about why we should stay together are in this paragraph
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We have achieved so much as a partner in the UK. We created and then dismantled an empire together, fought fascism together, built the welfare state together. The BBC and the Bank of England were founded by Scots. The NHS was founded by a Welshman. The welfare state was founded by an Englishman. We would not have achieved half as much if we had not been a United Kingdom.
This is twaddle from beginning to end: the empire is nothing at all to be proud of: fighting fascism was done by many nations big and small and has nothing to do with the union: and I have no wish to look back in a few years to hear him say " we created and then dismantled the welfare state together"
It is perfectly obvious that this man will say any nonsensical thing, as if it was a valid argument in the here and now. To illustrate:
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In a difficult world where more than 7 million children under the age of five die from preventable diseases; where the threat of climate change challenges all of us; where the gap between rich and poor continues to grow – these are the big challenges that we can influence as a strong partner in the UK. Independence is an inadequate response.
He is opposed to increased inequality now? When did that happen? Independence is the only possible response when all parties are wedded to increased inequality: and that is where we are in the UK, not least because of "new labour".
And the patronising tone sticks in my craw.
