Referendum: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

by Gordon Lamb

Scotland today stands at a crossroads. It is barely a half year since the proposition, “Should Scotland become an independent country?”, was rejected at the ballot box by a margin of 55% to 45% following a record turnout of voters. Many thought this was the end of the road for the Scottish Nationalists. However, rumors of their demise have proven to be somewhat premature.Today, and only weeks from a May 2015 UK General Election, they have made a remarkable recovery in the polls, now looking on course to win the vast majority of Scottish seats in the next UK Parliament.So what is going on in Scotland and why? Were the people hoodwinked on the eve of the Referendum by hollow promises from those who had fought tooth and nail against it? Many feel that they were, and a huge wave or resentment has been building ever since.This primer has set out to answer your many questions about this fascinating country, its politics and its people, giving an insight into what motivates the Scots, who they are and where they came from – a people whose contribution to mankind, according to Winston Churchill, has been surpassed perhaps only by the Ancient Greeks, and yet a people who, according to many in England, are not thought capable of running their own affairs. Why shouldn’t they join the 58 other countries which have never looked back since securing independence from the British Empire since the end of World War II?Author Gordon Lamb, now resident in the US, has been a long-term supporter of Scottish Independence and a committed member of the Scottish National Party. This book has been written in response to an amazing level of interest in Scotland, generated by coverage of the referendum campaign, even here in the boonies of Central Pennsylvania. Although targeted at the American reader, people worldwide, particularly those back home in Scotland, will find its perspective refreshingly different.

135 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2015