HOW can Scotland vote for a party whose leader wishes to prevent people flying Saltires when they want to, in their own country? The UN Climate summit conference in Glasgow which is to be held in 2020 is just one example.
This has dangerous implications for the Scottish nation. Under the Tory vision, what is the future of Scotland as a country? They will use devolution of the English UK shires as a means to take away our nationhood. In the not-so long run, Scotland will become Scotlandlandshire or an equivalent county of England/UK.
Is this the legacy that the voters of Scotland want to leave for their children, grandchildren and descendants?
We must make this clear to the voters with a UK map without a Scotland. Maybe then it will hit home what voting for Boris Johnson and his followers will do for Scotland’s future.
David Egdoll
Giffnock
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