For me the enduring image of the Referendum campaign will be of a large group of smartly clad Labour MPs, being pursued through the streets of Glasgow by a Yes campaigner on a rickshaw with a loud hailer, accompanied by the Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) from Empire Strikes Back. The man on the rickshaw goads the Labour MP’s, repeating ad nauseum – in fact, until he was hoarse – phrases like:

Glasgow, your imperial masters have arrived
Welcome your imperial masters
Bow down, Glasgow, to the Labour Party”

Some of the Better Together crew stopped to engage with their heckler, but most of the marchers walked on, only a little more briskly, towards their destination: a set piece photo opportunity led by Ed Miliband and a hundred handpicked Labour loyalists. The haranguing continues throughout. This was all captured by video and exported virally via YouTube: Continue reading →