ALL during lockdown, Yes hubs across the country have had to shut down, but now that restrictions are gradually lifting they will undoubtedly play a huge part in the Yes movement’s future. Here’s the tale of one terrific grassroots initiative that is getting going again having had to change its modus operandi during lockdown. David McEwan Hill wrote to tell us about the Forward Shop in Dunoon which is the headquarters of Yes Cowal, one of the movement’s most active groups. He explained that the Forward Shop is probably a unique little enterprise which started out as a result of the political activity in Cowal after the 2014 independence referendum and then became something much more.