A lot has been written and said about the referendum but what hasn’t been properly reflected is the thoughts of the good burghers of Liverpool, Cardiff and Taunton on the matter.
Until now.
In a bold stroke, The Courier has taken a direct course through the (still) UK down the line of three degrees latitude to canvas opinion on the independence debate.
Political editor Kieran Andrews was met with disinterested shrugs, blank stares and people making off hastily in the opposite direction.
Until, that is, he explained he wanted to talk about Scottish independence. Then he couldn’t shut people up. So engaging were they, we’ve wrapped their comments up in a neat three-day package for your enjoyment.
We’ve called it 3 Degrees of Separation (brilliant, we know) and it starts in Monday’s Courier.
While leafing through the paper looking for that gold nugget, you may stumble across some more gems as well.
For example, we were all over the 80’s nostalgia-fest that was Rewind at Scone Palace like heavy rain on pink neon spandex.
The weather may have been grim but Billy Ocean, Midge Ure, Jimmy Somerville and the rest certainly weren’t.
A mullet-less Pat Sharp off Fun House was compering and he told a quality joke about Scone/ scones it’s the one thing missing from our coverage because you really had to be there.
And we continue on our quest to uncover whether (like Pat Sharp) gulls are a good or bad thing.
Despite most of our readers apparently wanting them culled for this sort of thing, Monday’s Courier reveals they aren’t really bad lads and just need a bit of love.
Another rich seam of storytelling is provided by our sports department who saw every ball of The Open right up to its glorious denouement and took in the best of the friendly action as Courier Country’s teams gear up for the season ahead.
So, even if you DON’T care what the people of Taunton think about the referendum (and, I stress, you really should), it’s worth buying Monday’s Courier anyway.