Would the Scottish economy really be crumbling whether the country were independent?Whenever it seemed during the independence referendum campaign that the lights might proceed out on the union, many of its supporters in the UK commentariat deployed a well-worn strategy. They all began to spin a well-rehearsed narrative that talked of blood on the streets of a Scotland teetering on the brink of anarchy as mobs of violent Nationalist extremists roamed from town to town seeking out the first born of unionist families.
That a state of martial law was not declared and that tanks didn’t appear once more in Glasgow’s George Square was only down to the kind indulgence of prime minister David Cameron. At any moment during the frenetic last few days of the campaign I was expecting to be offered counselling to help me advance to terms with the distressing scenes around me.
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Source: theguardian.com