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The Hospital for Incurable Protestants The Mémoire of a Collapsed Catholic This is the story of a pacifist in a conflict zone, in Northern Ireland and the Balkans. Only in e-format, but only £5.15. Just go to Amazon and type in Peter Emerson… |
Please see here for some background on the director. And this is a U-tube presentation by Phil Kearney on decision-making.
The director alongside the statue of Jean-Charles de Borda, capitaine et savant, in l’École Navale in Brest, 24.9.2010. Photo by Gwenaelle Bichelot.
Sunday, July 27, 2014 Tommy Sands held his superb Music of Healing event in Rostrevor on Thursday 24th July. Among a host of lovely people, the director's autobiography was duly launched!
Thursday, June 12, 2014 We have commissioned TNS (see http://www.tnsglobal.com/uk) to do a public opinion survey on the folowing six options. This is a summary of the status quo plus the policies of political parties in Scotland, drawn up by this Institute in consultsation with Edinburgh University.
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Status |
Powers |
Currency |
Head of State |
EU |
NATO |
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Scotland in UK |
Status quo
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£ |
Queen |
Yes, as is. Referendum maybe. |
Yes |
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Scotland in UK
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Devo-max; full tax raising |
£ |
Queen |
UK in/out referendum |
Yes |
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Scotland in UK
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Devo-max in federal UK |
£ |
Queen |
Yes, as is |
Yes |
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Independent Scotland |
Full as possible, subject to £ |
Queen |
Yes, asap |
Yes, but non-nuke |
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Independent Scotland
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Full as possible, subject to € |
Queen |
Yes, asap |
Yes |
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Independent Scotland |
Full |
A Scottish currency |
Elected president |
Yes, asap |
No |
The results are due in the beginning of August. Meanwhile, we're trying to raise funds via:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-six-option-public-opinion-survey-in-scotland/x/7933057
More news to follow, (we hope).
Total so far: on the web - £820
direct - £150
TOTAL - £970
Friday, May 30, 2014 On 20th May, a new bridge was opened in Dublin, a Borda count decision-making process was celebrated, and an article was published: http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-emerson/majoritarianism-beginning-of-end
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 This article is in the Apr/May edition of Village Magazine; and on 5th May, a more general article appeared in TMS (Transcend Media Srvice) in https://www.transcend.org/tms/2014/05/referendums-in-ukraine/
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Letter published on 18th Mar. "The fact that the options presented to the Crimean electorate do not include any 'Ukrainian options' (Two options but only one possible outcome, 15 Mar) means that today's referendum is no more or less democratic than our own AV v FPP referendum, in which there were no proportional representation options. As in Crimea, so too in the UK the powers-that-be have total control over the choice of ballot. Sadly, international rules on the conduct of referendums do not recommend multi-option voting. Hence those Crimeans who might otherwise have wished to vote for a compromise, or even just the status quo, [were] not allowed a free choice."
