FOR decades (long before I’d become convinced that Scotland needs independence, if it’s to realise its potential) I maintained that it didn’t really matter which party was in power, so long as it paid attention to the environment’s needs. Since Greta Thunberg has highlighted the planet’s dire state, that view has come to be recognised by people who previously gave it little thought.

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Now in this election (to quote another Catriona’s letter on April 17), it makes sense to peruse each party’s record rather just fine words. I trust the SNP will bring us independence at last. But I’m also determined that if we’re to have any reasonable future life on Earth at all, it is essential we pay attention to Green thinking in our planning for a new Scotland. And who better to do that than the party with this as its whole reason for being, particularly when it now has a good record of influence?

Thus SNP 1 & Greens 2 makes safe (for indy) sense.

Catriona de Voil
Arbroath