A Tale of Two Referendums

Feb 2

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Aidan O’Neill QC

Reflecting on the French Revolution in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”

This passage may serve equally well as a description of the competing claims that were made by the opposing sides in this year’s Scottish independence referendum.

The pro-independence campaign claimed that voting for an independent Scotland would open the way to the best…

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Hello my fellow concerned and world weary bloggers. I am a graduate of Trinity College Dublin where I studied (in a flexible kind of way) Law and Political Science. Here you can expect periodic/sporadic blogging related to political systems, concepts and happenings, economic issues and legal issues - you may even find an occasional rant which blends all of this, and more, together in what I hope will be a comprehensive and mildly entertaining manner; if one finds these subjects as entertaining as I do that is. So, thank you for your potential interest in my rather basic webpage and my consequent ramblings, and remember: 'he who hesitates is lost' - so feel free to stop by, contribute, comment...and challenge my preconceptions, misconceptions, and any other conceptions which I may put on display here. John Paul Maguire

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