Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?

Better Together was the main umbrella organisation of the No camp during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign. It represented the common effort of three otherwise unlikely-minded British parties to work together and publicly collaborate to safeguard the Union. The difficulties that thi...

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Main Author: Fiona Simpkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2015-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/418
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description Better Together was the main umbrella organisation of the No camp during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign. It represented the common effort of three otherwise unlikely-minded British parties to work together and publicly collaborate to safeguard the Union. The difficulties that this collaboration represents were immense in that the three participating parties had distinct electoral and political histories in Scotland and each faced inner divisions and distinct challenges which this paper seeks to examine.
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Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Scottish independence referendum
Better Together
Scottish political parties
Scottish politics
British politics
title Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
title_full Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
title_fullStr Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
title_full_unstemmed Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
title_short Better Together and the No Campaign: from Project Fear to Grace?
title_sort better together and the no campaign from project fear to grace
topic Scottish independence referendum
Better Together
Scottish political parties
Scottish politics
British politics
url https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/418
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