SO, a recent poll indicates that the majority of Scots want a Plan B and an indyref2 regardless of Boris Johnson’s opinion (Poll: Wide support for Plan B if UK says no to indyref2, June 9).

Then it’s time that Plan B was made Plan A. There is no doubt Boris will refuse a Section 30. England can’t afford Scotland to leave the UK. They need our oil money, although admittedly it’s not available during the pandemic. However, in normal times it funds all of London’s infrastructure improvements.

Standard and Poors have already recognised that Scotland has a higher GDP than rUK and has stated Scotland is likely to be placed above rUK, with an “AAA” rating, in the list of richest countries. The UK has lost its “AAA” rating and, I believe, presently sits at “AA1”.

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Therefore, an alternative is needed. I like the suggestion of putting negotiations for independence into the next Holyrood election manifesto. Not a manifesto for an indy referendum but a manifesto to start independence negotiations.

If America can quite legally walk out of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the World Health Organisation, then Scotland can surely walk out of the Treaty of Union just as legally. I know of no other treaty in this world in which any participant is forbidden to opt out unless the other participants agree to it doing so. It’s time to stop pussyfooting around and start sticking up for ourselves.

Therefore, if a majority of independence-supporting parties is elected at the next Holyrood election, our First Minister should start independence negotiations. If Boris comes back with the offer of another referendum, in the obvious hope that the Unionist parties might just scrape another No vote, then he should be told, “No. You had your chance, and refused to give us one then, so now it’s UDI.”

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Ireland did it and they’re managing, thank you very much. I haven’t heard them, or any of the other 52 countries that have declared independence from the UK, asking to come back under London’s control.

We’ve heard all the rubbish about not being able to combat the virus without rUK. But New Zealand has a lower GDP than Scotland has and they have not just handled the virus well, they have eradicated it in their country. So, because our GDP is greater than theirs, we should be able to afford to deal with it in the same way. The only difference is that New Zealand became independent from the UK and hold their own purse strings. They don’t need to kowtow to Westminster.

Regrettably Westminster still holds our purse strings and we do have to kowtow to them. It’s high time we gained independence, took control of our own purse strings and started making the improvements to our country that Westminster blocks us from having.

Charlie Kerr
Glenrothes

INCREDULITY doesn’t even cover it. Ian Duncan Smith left unchallenged on the BBC when he claims that the two-metre distancing rule will “crash our economy”. I thought perhaps some astute interviewer might have commented that his endeavours as a member of the Leave campaign might also have something to do with our economy’s future woes.

Scotland has had enough of these incompetents telling us what’s good for us. Let’s move on and build a better future for ourselves.

Keith Taylor
via email

I HAVE a suggestion for indyref2. Maybe a referendum could be held in England asking “Should Scotland be an independent country – yes or no?” I am sure that way we would gain our independence that way because I feel that the majority of people in England think they are subsidising us. The question I frequently ask myself is “Why do the Unionists want to hold on to us if we are such a burden?”

I Wood
Aberdeen