The Courier Referendum Roadshow Visits The Ferry Tuesday 29 April 2-4pm

On Tuesday afternoon, 29 April, The Courier Referendum Roadshow will be coming to Broughty Ferry. 

Their distinctive van and Reporter will be pulling up in Beach Crescent between 2-4pm. NB This event was previously scheduled to take place at the Car Park in Fort Street. Due to the road works on Queen Street, the Courier Referendum Roadshow has been moved to Beach Crescent.

Flawed Independence Question will Skew Referendum Result

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There is more bad news for Alex Salmond’s proposed question for the Referendum. The style of the question, which asks “Do you agree….?”, has already been branded by a BBC online Maths course for adults as “ a leading question”.


Councillor Laurie Bidwell said:
“This is more bad news for Alex Salmond coming from the BBC, which is an independent broadcaster recognised world-wide for its impartiality."


“Alex Salmond’s proposed question on the Referendum is:
‘Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?'"


“However, the BBC Maths course for adults teaches that a question which begins ‘Do you agree’ is a leading question which it defines as ‘one that leads the person answering it towards a particular answer.’"


“Leading questions are intentionally worded to influence a person’s answer."


“The Referendum question needs to be a single direct question that is unbiased.”


Background
Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s proposed question
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16702392