Tag Archives: Scottish Independence

Across the great divide

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Jamie Jauncey

I’m watching Debate Night, the new BBC Scotland channel’s answer to Question Time. It serves to underline a question I have been asking myself more and more frequently in recent months: how do we engage with people who hold diametrically … Continue reading →

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Long division

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Jamie Jauncey

A woman got onto the train the other day and sat down opposite me. She was fifty-ish, tanned and smartly dressed. She had come from the airport and was breathless. We chatted and I learned that she had been to … Continue reading →

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Laugh or cry?

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Jamie Jauncey

We are living in exceedingly strange times. Nine months ago Scots were being cajoled and entreated to remain in the Union. Today those same beseeching voices are demonising us as the hirsute hordes, poised to breach Hadrian’s Wall and wreak … Continue reading →

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Caledonia dreaming

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

It hurts to see a dream extinguished. It hurts a lot. It’s taken me a few days to start to regain my equilibrium and it will take a lot longer to fully absorb what happened last Thursday. I believe Scotland … Continue reading →

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The last post

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Tomorrow, 18 September, we will not be voting in the UK divorce referendum. We will not be voting in the UK separation referendum. We will be voting in the Scottish independence referendum. Independence is one of the most basic of … Continue reading →

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A letter to the undecided

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Dear Friend I’m writing this on a spellbinding early Indian summer’s morning in Perthshire. The mist has burnt off and the sky is cloudless. The trees and bracken are just starting to turn. The hills are within touching distance. All … Continue reading →

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All fired up

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Writing in The Guardian this week, George Monbiot offered an intriguing perspective on the referendum. Imagine a state that was considering surrendering its sovereignty to a larger union, he proposed. It would retain a measure of autonomy but cede key … Continue reading →

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Two million sleepwalkers?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Last weekend I was in Sweden. I like it there. Things work. People are polite and thoughtful and not obsessed with class. The food and climate are good and the woods and the water remind me of home. It feels … Continue reading →

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Getting back to Why

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Back in January I wrote about how it seemed to me that the question Why? is so much more fundamental to the independence referendum than the question How? Yet the mainstream of the debate has been framed almost entirely by … Continue reading →

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Carrot and stick

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

I live at present with a constant ache. In my imagination I can see a different Scotland, I can feel it in my heart, I can almost taste it. In this Scotland I walk taller in the knowledge that we … Continue reading →

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