Salmond’s solid
Those with any training in negotiation are aware that people involved in bargaining should never, ever reveal their Plan B, or fall-back position, for the simple reason that if your opponents know what you’d be satisfied with, they will then concentrate on undermining that.
Let me give you an example. Suppose someone is to engage in a negotiation and demand A B C D and E, but lets slip the day before that he’d be satisfied, if necessary, with B C and D; his opponent would then dismiss A and E out of hand and concentrate on the best way to undermine the others.
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Hide AdNow it so happens that I disagree with Salmon’s Plan A, but his hard-headed determination to stick to it – at least in public – shows he is a man who knows what negotiation is all about.
Stan Fisher
Whinfield Road
Prestwick, South Aryshire