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Presumably, losing more people of this lower caste – to problems associated with rat hairs, rat turds, salmonella, growth hormones, residual pesticides, etc – for the economic benefits of the few is the apparent mission statement for new trade deals to mitigate the loss of EU trade after a No-Deal Brexit is dumped upon the whole of the UK by the UK Government.

In contrast we have the Scottish Government approach that all individual citizens are important and to be cherished from cradle to grave (a work in progress). Now, with an impending draft indyref2 bill, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has let it be known internationally, and it has been reported internationally, that the UK may shortly lose ownership of Scotland.

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Whilst the UK Government may be able to further privatise and centralise NHS England to obscure the information relating to further unnecessary deaths beyond the 50,000 currently being highlighted by the alternate Sage group, there will now be uncertainty internationally in any trade deal’s true future extent. For which the UK Government will be required to take full “continuing body” responsibility for.

The UK Government’s immoral divergence from the Scottish Government’s approaches to its citizens is now rapidly increasing in extent, acceleration and venom, taking indyref2 politics into uncharted waters. Yes2 was always expected to bring challenges, but the sheer likely extent/volume of prospective English asylum seekers and economic English refugees was not one I had previously given much serious consideration to before.

It looks to be increasingly difficult to seek continuing use of the Great British pound given the fatalistic direction of travel of the UK Government, nor the pegging of a new Scottish currency to it. Pegging a new currency to the Euro, or simply using the Euro, is looking to be more appropriate as the UK Government festers further immoral mismanagement of its citizens and its economy. For now, Scotland needs to be positive and highlight its aim for wellbeing, for the poor, sick, elderly and BAME, as part of its continuing and future remit, as Scotland becomes an independent EU nation state.
Stephen Tingle
Greater Glasgow

IT is hardly surprising that English Tories are clamouring for citizens of other countries to decide Scotland’s future. After all they are conniving to give the first generation of Scots emigrants an undue influence over our health, agriculture, trade and Defence, etc.
Ian Richmond
Dumfries and Galloway

I READ the letter from Solomon Steinbett with increasing incredulity (September 3).

I must say I anticipated it developing into a reversal of all the charges, making a case in point, but no rebuttal appeared.

So Mr Steinbett disagrees with your reporting of facts, with praising Nicola Sturgeon, irrespective of how high she stands in public regard across the UK – and how dare you report fairly on the Yes campaign and the SNP.

I read The National each day and have done so since it started. Before that I was the editor of the Scots Independent newspaper, first published in 1926, as a weekly then a monthly, and I was delighted when The National was launched.

Mr Steinbett shows no sign of the Wisdom of Solomon having been passed down, or perhaps is ignorant thereof?
Jim Lynch
Edinburgh

THE letter from Solomon Steinbett really takes the biscuit. A letter criticising The National because it dares to report issues in a positive manner, instead of the usual negative propaganda spouted by his obviously preferred Unionist press.

The front page is the giveaway: “The newspaper that supports an independent Scotland.”

The National provides balance to a historical one-sided and politically biased opinion. It’s so refreshing to read an honest newspaper written by honest reporters.
Ken Macrae
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WE’RE all entitled to our opinions, but looking at the letter from Solomon Steinbett accusing The National, or anyone else for that matter, of not being “level-headed or clear-sighted”, is pushing irony to its limits.
Douglas Turner
Edinburgh

As December 31 approaches Westminster looks forward to sweeping away EU laws and standards and creating a UK-wide internal market. Most are agreed this means a lowering of standards.

The disadvantages to such sectors as agriculture are already well discussed and the antics of Tories, such as Douglas Ross, is a sight to behold as they seek to distance themselves from the damage.

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When I first read about the imposition of the single market I confess I had some sympathy because on the face of it, it did seem to throw up barriers.

However a little thought on how countries such as the US and some European countries operate showed a range of laws and standards across their states and regions can be quite easily accommodated. Why not in the UK post-Brexit?

The Tories’ “level playing field’ is already dysfunctional in how postal charges are levied in Scotland so if they want to sell their “market” to the UK they can start making changes here. Where there’s a will, etc.
RG Clark
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