The Cyclical Nature of Scaremongering.

A few years ago, Unionist hysterics were happy to advise us that an independent Scotland would erect border posts between an independent Scotland and England - a bad thing.

Now, thanks to the Sunday Times we are fed the latest Labour line that, come 2014, an independent UK government would evidently do the same to an independent Scotland.

That's right, the English government of the time would erect border posts between England and Scotland.
Evidently this is no longer something to condemn, as it would have been if initiated by the SNP, but simply a threat which will be imposed should Scotland vote for independence.
In short, a naked and cynical piece of scaremongering.

This is the latest piece of nonsensical puff to emanate from Paranoia Central, aka Labour Party HQ.
Apparently, this policy would result from "the open doors policy that the SNP would have for asylum seekers".

John Curtice, who should know better than to get involved in this tripe, states that “Just as in the case of Ireland, it seems we can no longer presume that the government in London would be willing to dispense with passport controls. The stakes in the independence debate have been significantly raised".
I wonder what he means.
I have travelled between Northern Ireland and the Republic many times, and have never been stopped for passport checks once, possibly because there are no passport controls.

This garbage is just another re-hash of the old, vacuous scare story we've been fed over the past three decades, but this time, it's London which is threatening to impose border guards.

If London is going to impose passport controls, does it not say everything about the narrow and petty parochialism which they would espouse, rather than the open frontiers policy which an independent Scotland, as part of the EU would follow.

Folding Under Pressure - A Guide for the Labour Leader

The evidence of last week's FMQs indicates that Iain Gray may well have a fascination with working with paper.

However, his first efforts at Origami were less than successful, possibly because he failed to grasp the salient fact that Origami is in fact about paper folding, rather than just ripping it up and hoping for the best.

So, not ideal, and I would caution him against confusing the easily won and rather obsequious applause of the foolish Rhona Brankin, with a true evaluation of his talents in this regard.

So, to help him fully engage with what may be prove to be a fruitful and enjoyable pastime, I attach a link to the site of an expert in the art, hoping that it will fulfill a certain need in the Labour leader.
To get him started, here's how to do a hummingbird, from a chap called Colin Webber.