Wings Over Scotland

Hi Stu, I’ve downloaded all versions and printed a few to dish out. I have a duplex laser printer and would like to make the booklet up as it would be a bit handier to carry about A5 size. Can you possibly provide a download in the correct order for duplex printing so that I may produce the booklet please

WEE BLUE BOOK DISTRIBUTION

Hi, I’m part of the Yes Paisley team, we have been running regular street stalls and also coffee mornings for undecided voters. We’ve been canvassing a lot and have quite a number of undecided voters identified. The Wee Blue Book would be an excellent source of information that we could pass onto them. We can also hand some out from the Yes Paisley shop. We could easily shift 2,000 or so if you have enough – any amount would be gratefully received.

thanks
Kenny

I’d be quite happy to sit at a street stall and hand them out to undecideds in Edinburgh. Anyother wingers in the area fancy it?

Stu, you’re an absolute bloody marvel.

Stu.
When giving permission to everybody to feel free to print copies I think it should be added that the contet may not be changed in anyway.

Hi Kenny
I am looking forward to seeing you and the team in Paisley this weekend.
I’m really glad we are handing out the Wee blue book.

this is pure wonderful amazing, the truth is getting out there. “don’t blame the media, become the media”.
everything needs to be said @ the right time and this is exactly the right time. welldone to all concerned.
don’t let WM to continue to steal our futures, they have already stolen enough of them!

I’ve already forwarded it to 2 undecideds and one No.

Appending the link on my e mail too so everyone I e mail gets the opportunity to read or download it.

200000??? This is BIG.

Yeah i’m in Airdrie too and part of the local yes group. I’d love to ge some and will make a wee request asap.
Cheer’ for this Stu this could be our wee game changer.

Is that not the Big Wee Blue Book Club?

Just point me towards the Edinburgh hub. 😉

Socrates MacSporran – what a great idea. I wonder if Stu has approached the Sunday Herald to ask if they would do this. It would shurely increase their sales on that particular Sunday. Maybe, though, it could lead to the same people getting 2 or more copies and we’ll all manage, in our own way, to get as many, or more, delivered ourselves.

I’m going round to my Yes shop in Easter Rd, to ask if they will take the WBB for distribution or just handing out in the shop. I’ll let you know their response.

@Nation Libre – I use a duplex colour laser. You will find that the paper tray probably can be set to take A5 stock (remember to adjust the thing that tells the printer what stock size is in the tray!).

I use the original “desk top edition” of the WBB, print off pages 1 and 37 (any number of copies as required); then print off pages 2 to 36 (same number as before).

Make sure you single side the cover pages and have them set as portrait.

Make sure you double side the body pages, have them set to landscape and “flip on SHORT side”.

You can then put together a booklet with staples on the short side at the top of the front page. It has four A6 sized pages per sheet inside that are perfectly readable.

That will produce a booklet of 20 sheets. My semi-industrial stapler does struggle a wee bit, but hey, where’s the fun in a stress free production run? 😉

At last night’s meeting in Troon with Jim Sillars, Philippa Whitford, Ivan McKie and Ben Brotherston on the panel, we shifted all the booklets I made earlier; they went like snaw aff a dyke. The place was packed and had to turn folk (confirmed Yessers) away.

The wee Blue Book is a cracking read Rev.

I have to hand it to you this time. Can’t count how many time i have been surprised .

We owe you a debt that will never be repaid Stuart Campbell. I hope one day to shake the hand of Scotland’s Premier Blog.

Huge thanks

I may just be terribly confused though. 🙂

TJenny- You don’t need council permission. I got advice from Edinburgh North and Leith about this. The important thing is not to cause obstruction. At the moment I’m trying to source tables and transport etc. Another thing I’m working on is setting up a central Edinburgh distribution point where YES groups can collect WBB’s for distribution to undecideds. I will bear in mind your availability for the stall thanks.

@Nation Libre
I did my own A5 version just using screen captures. It is perfectly readable but my laser printer prints ‘smudge’ artifacts that don’t show on the screen.

Wouldn’t be a problem with pdf originals.

The A5 size is perfect because folk can keep it in their pocket or handbag. It is also a lot cheaper in terms of ink and paper and faster than printing A5s.

Plus, just a couple of staples and wullah! a proper wee booklet.

I would say though, that I would prefer two separate pdfs one for front and one for back since my laser printer does not have duplex. No big deal refeeding the reverse side.

I’ll send the Rev low res/bandwidth jpegs since working out layout for them is a bit time consuming.

Hope he has the time to do this.

TJenny
I’m keen though don’t know the ins and outs of getting permission. I’d be happy simply to hit the streets, even though they are full of non-voters right now.

link to bbc.co.uk

Not so sure that getting it into people’s hands is going to be the challenge.
After all anyone who wants it can freely download it.

The challenge will be getting people to actually read it with an open mind.
There are those who’ll see the Wings logo and go: “ooo, no, that’s those nasty Cybernats the papers warned us about!”
(And yes, I’ve actually met people who are that heavily brainwashed!)

Not to mention those No voters who are unwilling to even look at the other side of the story.
(Ashamed to admit I have one of those in my own family!)

Still, I agree that anyone who does make the small effort to read this will find themselves with no viable excuse for considering a No vote. Very well written! 🙂

I’ll definitely be passing the link around as much as I can 🙂

Hello,

I’ve got a question on the statement on the Currency in the Wee Blue Book

“No matter what happens after a Yes vote, whether the UK government agrees to a currency union or not (although the overwhelming likelihood is that it will), Scotland WILL keep the pound. Because of the nature of Sterling, this is one of the few aspects of the debate which can be absolutely, unequivocally guaranteed.”

Don’t you mean “CAN” keep the pound, not “WILL”. In the unlikely event of a CU being refused, afaik there has been no announcement of the chosen plan out of the options available, therefore using “WILL” isn’t accurate here.

Cheers,
Eoan

@Eoan i like WILL better as it is statement of fact ,where as CAN suggests something we will be allowed to do by another party ie westminster who will have no say in what we WILL do post yes 😉

The Bank of England remains the lender of last resort to Scottish financial institutions and the guarantor of the currency during the period of negotiation over how Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom separate.

@Eoan

On the STV debate and since Alex Salmond has consistently said Scotland WILL be using the pound. Stu is quite right. It doesn’t matter what happens, CU or not, Scotland will use the pound.

Eoan
will keep the £ after a yes vote is fine. from the BoE
link to bbc.co.uk

I’ll email you Stuart but I need at least 2,500 to cover my little forgotten part of the North East. I can also drop off to other distributors if you want.

@Derek M I’d say “CAN” says we can if we chose to no matter what. “WILL” means we will.

@heedtracker Ok, it says “after a Yes vote” — I read that as meaning on Independence Day. If this is meant to mean between Yes vote and Independence Day then fine, but it didn’t read like that to me.

CharlieMurphy
Brother Number Ane, if you don’t mind.

@desimond

Nah Chaz aint our wee 👿 duggie, duggie was far more articulate when he talked utter rubbish. 😀

I’m 62 years of age,well educated(degree level in physics),and I’m streetwise due to my upbringing.I tire of all the debate about this referendum ,but one thing I do know is that someone is trying to con me,and it ain’t Alex Salmond

Completely O/T
Talking to my nephew on the phone about who was getting the messages for my sister’s return home tonight,
“You know I’m No inclined. (At Christmas he was dead against!) What did you make of the debate? (Nothing as I don’t do TV) What was reported in the papers wasn’t what I saw at all. I was impressed by Alex Salmond. Darling came across as a nasty, shouty, pointy man.”

And I’d not said a word!
PS He’ll be getting a Wee Blue Book 😉

One game changer? Two reports.

link to bbc.co.uk

link to bbc.co.uk

Guess who rammed this in to our side of the non border border?

“Mr Darling added: “The governor has confirmed that a currency union would not work without shared taxation and spending, the very things that Alex Salmond wants to dismantle with a Yes vote.”

I always understood that “Rev” was short for “Revolutionary”.

😉

Once copy sent to my “I’m abstaining. I hate all politicians” pal.

If anything, he’s not voting – so that’s not a vote lost, but once he reads this, I suspect, we’ll see a vote gained.

This along with a few Ayetalks speeches from Caroline Leckie and Robbie Shepherad too.

This is great work though on the WBB. I consider myself lucky that in my inner circle of pals/close family – I have only 2 no voters, and 25 yes, plus maybe 3/4 undecided/1 not voting pal (mentioned above).

They’ll all be getting this forwarded to them. I doubt it’ll change 1 of the No voters – he’s a BritNat basically. The other is “We’re too wee” but he has done next to no research into Indy, a lot of deaf ear attempts from me and others – so maybe no success.

But..

It will shore up the yes voters, many are voting yes on nationality alone question, but a few have been crying out for more info on currency, borders etc to squash numbskull talk and be more conifdent in public when discussing Indy.

And I strongly supect we’ll convert the “Ah’m no voting for either” pal.

No doubt about it, folks. No/BT are shiting it! 200k downloaded in two days, of course some will be for the other side, but I’m seeing links to the WBB everywhere on Social Media.

What we all need to do though. Is get this book out. If it’s mass printing, delivering through doors or forwarding to people’s email addresses.

The Amazon shout is great as well.

All the best EVERYONE.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS (Sorry for shouting, but we are!)

@ Eoan, why do you think that though? Why is negotiation going to take longer then the White Paper proposes?

Some UKOK screamers CIF or BBC etc say EU membership will be a decade plus wait but we are not voting to leave the EU and will we be EU citizens while our country isn’t, for over a decade? Way to many nutters around and some even in Law depts. at Glesga.

TJenny “just round the corner from my hairdressers” Is that not a good place for WBB distribution. ALL hairdressers

creag an tuirc
Good shout. I have one in mind, as well. Thanks.

creag an tuirc – hairdressers seem a good distribution point to me too, especially as folk sit reading whatever’s available whilst they’re waiting.

My hairdresser is currently a No (but could be persuaded maybe) and his shop was on STV news a few weeks ago and the girl that they asked there about voting in the referendum, replied that she didn’t have enough facts. (Unfortunately I wasn’t there:-( ) So I think as a service to his customers he may well allow me to leave some of the WBBs. 🙂

CammyB – you have a hairdressers in mind. 🙂

Having just had 193,000 News#4 pass thru my garage (for Edinburgh delivery via the individual area groups), the grassroots in Edinburgh has a ready made structure to get large quantities distributed.

I believe there maybe a batch designated for Edinburgh…

We can get it quickly to the 6 area groups, who can then make smaller quantities available from their shops/hubs/stalls.

Just designate a quantity for Edinburgh, and the rest will follow!

30k copies (5k per group) would be a starter.
Though as we are canvassing undecideds widely, I think we could easily take double that.

O/T.

Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England, has contradicted the Westminster government this very day,by implementing currency,contingency plans, if a yes vote is returned. The Westminster government have always said they, wouldn’t plan ahead with currency in mind.

@CharlieMurphy

Am i too late or am I still in time to hear Charlie’s point by point destruction of all items within Stu’s pishy pamphlet?

(Pulls up chair, sits comfortably)

Ok Charlie, Please begin…

@Eoan

“Will” is a statement of intent, it’s not a guarantee.

“Shall” is compulsory because you’re being TOLD you have to do it.

“Must” us an extremely strong statement of intent that is almost as powerful as “Shall”, but not quite because there is an element of conditionality inherent in its use.

“Can” is an optional statement.

“Should” is guidance.

“Would” is conditional guidance/statement of intent

I know you’re specifically looking at “will” and “can” but there are many other possible flavours of wording. I used to proof read, and publish, regulatory docs as part of my job and understanding the context is also very important.

#JustSaying 🙂

Wondering how many of the ‘facts’ are based on verifiable reality:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28761179

I wonder if this statement from Mr Carney, who seems a pretty sound guy, is his way of telling the UK Govt.to cut out all this crap about refusing a currency union. This “reassurance” from the Governor is probably to steady the nerves of investors and traders if the thick-witted-ness on the CU Osbourne/Balls and Fanny boy continues after a Yes vote.

AS must surely be able to turn this big time on Darling at the next debate and I’d love to see Darling try and discount the Governors views in the contemptible way he does everybody elses’.

Maybe a we sublimal message here from Mr Carney that he’s no overly impressed with the UKOKS.

Have pm my local YES co-ordinators and asked them to get in touch with you Stuart, in respect of quantities needed. Would love to put in some wbb’s into the hands of our undecided and soft yes based on our latest canvassing returns. but reading down the threat the demand is overwhelming but we cannot toss them out willy nilly and not to hardened NO’s that would be pointless. Only to 4 – 7 on the scale.

@gerry parker

Gargoyles do shifts 🙂

The thought that “It will be harder to find a proud NO voter come October than it will be to find Danny Alexander good job prospects” makes me smile when i see such sad wee folk. ( I mean Charlie…gargoyles are awrite!)

@YESGUY

I can hear Charlie the noo “Pah, Arguing is soooo last year. A typical Nats attitude!”

An Anti Winger – A Wonger?

ot:

Update on livestream tonight.

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Robin McAlpine & Dr John O’Dowd (Academics for Yes) 7:30PM Kirkintilloch Miners Townhead Kirkintilloch, G66 3AA Glasgow, United Kingdom

I would not just give them away randomly. Target undecided and especially soft No voters, give some away free to the Yes Shops. Ignore Yes supporters as it would be a waste of resources.

I am a solid YES voter and found the wee blue book a revelation. Thank you for helping me to feel 100% confident.

I have a small printshop and I would also like a booklet printable version to hand out to my customers (I would print). I’m in Banchory which is fairly full of landed gentry who are scared of losing out under Independance.

BBC1 Scotland Tonight 22:35

Our friends in the North.

“The referendum debate will be dominated by the relationship between Scotland and England, but shouldn’t we look further afield to define what Scotland’s future, independent or not, will be? Many supporters of independence look north, to Scandinavia, for inspiration.

They talk of the Nordic model, which marries dynamic, open economies with high public spending, greater equality and excellent public services. Allan Little has reported for the BBC from more than eighty countries. In Our Friends in the North he asks whether we could pick the Nordic model off the shelf and use it here.”

Worth a watch.

The WBB is a great addition to our armoury. Had a meeting last night featuring Jim Sillars, Ivan McKee and the superb Dr Philippa Whitford and the Wee Blue Books we had printed flew out the door.

I had also concocted a flyer about the WBB with info on downloading and made them available to as many as possible at, as my son called it, “rammed out” meeting.

We had a great meeting BTW. There are plenty of undecided voters out there who just need the confidence to jump to yes. Seeing and hearing the positivity and vision at such meetings encourages them.

Onward!

macdoc: “What i wonder about canvassing…”

Only one way to find out.
Join your local Yes Group’s canvassing efforts, and all will be revealed!

Training provided.

The local Yes groups that have been building for the last 2 years are still welcoming volunteers.
They are experienced, have the resources and contacts, and always need extra help.

Jacky Bird is a DK

Re Vista print – discount at checkout still came out at just over £22 plus £6.99 delivery with estimated delivery date of 28th Aug(unless you want to pay £17). :{