Plausible Paranoia:
How Westminster hoodwinked the Scots in 1707 and 2014 and their preparedness to do so again
Part 6:
The Secret Service Implements
its Denial Strategy Plan
...2012: The gathering at Abbotsford
The, “Yes” [pro-independence] campaign faced the might of The Abbotsford Team which was backed by the entire UK political system, the civil service, media barons, commercial and financial institutions, The City of London, Heads of State and senior politicians of countries world wide and just about anyone or anything that David Cameron and Sir Jeremy Heywood could muster in their mission to deny Scotland it’s rightful place in the world as an independent country.At the beginning of 2012, (at his house in Edinburgh) former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling, David McLetchie (late Scottish Tory Leader), David Cameron’s Director of Political Strategy Andrew Cooper, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy, and special adviser to Alistair Carmichael, Euan Roddin (that’s right the same person that “leaked” the infamous “Frenchgate” memo the week before the 2015 General Election), met in secret to “prepare a battle plan” which when enacted would “kill off, Alex Salmond and the Scottish National Party once and for all time”.
Those in attendance readily agreed that the only way to defeat Alex Salmond was to put their party political differences aside and to join forces so that he would be faced with the full might of the “Union”. The “Abbotsford Agreement” was born.
It was agreed the campaign would be coordinated through the Prime Ministers Office in London, but Mr Cameron would be kept clear of any overt campaign activities.
Darling, considered to be more than a match for Alex Salmond would front the tri-party campaign and it would be run by Scottish based politicians.
It was further agreed each political party would also be free to run their own pro-union campaign.
The meeting was then briefed that former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, had declined an invitation to join the “Better Together” campaign.
He would restrict his role to the Labour Party’s own anti-independence campaign, being reluctant to share a platform with the Tories and Lib Dems.
JK Rowling (author) had committed significant funds to Gordon Brown’s campaign.
Unlimited finance was available, £4 million plus, including significant donations from Tory backers and senior financiers...
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