FLASHMAN AND THE PANDAS

It's an interesting fact but there are more Panda's in Scotland than Conservative MP's

David Cameron's ill-advised attempt to try to interfere with the timetabling and the question for the Scottish referendum on independence may yet come back and bite him. It's all pretty simple really, Cameron seems to have (deliberately) missed the point, the bottom line is that Scotland’s future should be decided by the Scottish people (and the Scottish Government) Cameron's intervention is ill-advised and must surely add a few more votes to the growing pile of potential ‘Yes’ votes.

From where I am sat Cameron begins more and more to resemble the fictional public school bully Flashman every day. Certainly this ill-judged intervention seems to suggest that he has displayed about as much tact and judgement as the fictional Flashman. To be fair wrapping his government in the flag and stirring up a hornets nest over Scotland’s position in the UK with plenty of emotive language is classic distraction; which no doubt (hopefully) will distract peoples attention away from and the floundering Con Dem’s governments and the state of the economy.

Oddly enough I have no problem with Scotland resuming its place amongst the other nations of the world. I am sympathetic to Scottish ambitions, and hope that my own country begins to wake up and see the opportunities that independence can bring. The reality is what happens in Scotland is actually none of my business; it's simply a matter for the Scottish people. Cameron honestly does not seem to get it (or perhaps he does) his intervention while not unexpected is still rather surreal and hopefully pointless.

There are a few things that it's worth noting, one being that Cameron has less influence in Scotland than any Conservative leader in the last 150 years, he certainly presses all the wrong buttons with the Scottish electorate. Additionally after at least three re-launches (and re-branding exercises) the Conservatives in Scotland have gone nowhere. It's also worth noting that there are more live Pandas in Scotland than there are Conservative MP’s and a much better chance of more Pandas in future years.