Mark Smith: Hope Over Fear was a flop, but it highlights two big problems for the Yes movement

THERE weren’t many people at the Hope Over Fear rally in Glasgow at the weekend – around 500 or so – but that doesn’t mean we should dismiss the event as insignificant or irrelevant. Many of the rally’s messages – and how they were delivered – will be familiar to anyone who has followed the independence campaign. They also highlight what has become a big problem for the Yes movement -and one that could damage its chances of ever succeeding: it is allowing itself to become a working-class movement dominated by middle-aged men. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16882854.mark-smith-hope-over-fear-was-a-flop-but-it-highlights-two-big-problems-for-the-yes-movement/