Jim Lynch s words of wisdom from decades of campaigning for indy thenational.scot - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenational.scot Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I WAS intrigued to read comments in the Sunday National of February 7 from Dr Peter Lynch of Stirling University – my youngest son (The week that shook the SNP). He was speculating on what the late Gordon Wilson would say about the current furore around Joanna Cherry MP. To put the matter into context, Labour had a referendum on Scottish independence in 1979. The Yes side had a majority, but a clause had been inserted by George Cunningham, a Scot but representing Islington, that there had to be a 40% Yes vote – a qualification never seen in any referendum before or after or elsewhere in the world. This meant that dead people still on the voters’ roll counted as No voters. It was rumoured that this was planned by Robin Cook, a member of Callahan’s government.