THE sheer hypocrisy of Sarwar and others congratulating Pakistan for 75 years of independence (which is of course wonderful) and the nerve of Sarwar to state Scotland was at the heart of colonialism but not a victim – it was part of it but it was certainly a victim and still is.
Just think of the Clearances and tell me that was not colonialism in action. Think of the oil revenues that financed the Falklands War that Scotland has not really benefitted from, think of the electricity connection charges – why are they far higher in Scotland?
Because the London masters dictate it to be so. Most of our electricity in Scotland is from renewables and should be much cheaper but it is more expensive – why does he think that is happening?
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It is totally amazing how he can change the narrative to suit his London masters. Labour need to win England – they have lost Scotland – and if they are not capable of winning England then they will be finished. There are only 59 seats in Scotland and it would be impossible for Labour to win them all, but even if they did it would not overturn an 80-seat majority. At the moment Labour and Tory are two sides of the same coin. Neither of them care about the citizens of either country – think of all the Tory pacts Sarwar has made already, despite his insistence before the election of no pacts. Hypocrite and liar to boot.
Winifred McCartney
Paisley
LET’S once and for all put this “once-in-a-generation” tag (promoted endlessly by Tories since 2014) to bed. Besides Alex Salmond’s words being bent to suit Tory propaganda, the first referendum was when we were in Europe and the next referendum will be post-Brexit, so totally different circumstances.
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This is in fact the first call for a referendum since the disastrous Brexit decision that’s damaged the whole UK. And all for the bigoted right-wing pressure groups which Scotland don’t vote for. We need every Scottish Green and SNP spokesperson, in the style of Mick Lynch, to refute these lies emphatically when they come out of the mouths of the opposition or the meant-to-be-neutral TV commentators.
Liz Truss, the new apparent PM, an advocate for referendum for major constitutional issues, now slides on that very issue. England needs Scotland, why don’t they admit that? Instead they lie. Independence can’t come soon enough.
Robin MacLean
Fort Augustus
PROJECT Fear is indeed alive and well, but has morphed into a full-blown Project Abject Terror – not as a means of terrorising us into submission, but as a manifestation of the Unionists facing a realistic prospect of losing access to our assets, without which their and the UK’s descent into irrelevance would be complete.
A loss of the Scots recruits, which Boris recently admitted made the UK military what they were globally; a loss of the renewable electricity which we pay to send them; a loss of our fresh water that the recent drought has made them admit they will need; a loss of the taxes from Scotland that are either not accurately recorded or are designated English because of a head office of three people registered in London; and the most dire loss of all, a base for their submarines and weapons of mass destruction which guarantee them their place on the UN Security Council.
Is the letters page long enough to list the multiple other benefits of Scotland to Westminster?
P Davidson
Falkirk
WHILE the candidates for PM, the slick professional Rishi Sunak and the decidedly questionable Liz Truss, continue to campaign around England with a dash into Scotland, the UK descends into chaos as the cost-of-living crisis increases daily.
Although Rishi would be the most reliable and qualified to become PM, it appears that faux pas Liz has the ear of the mostly elderly Tory membership. She is the bookies’ favourite and they are seldom wrong.
From the disaster of Brexit and the dictates of Westminster governments we did not vote for, the success of a richly endowed independent Scotland is assured. In control of all its assets, Scotland would be able to support a vibrant economy, currency and pension structure and take its place among the small, successful and happy nations of the world.
Grant Frazer
Newtonmore
THE problem, it appears, with the FM appearing at the Edinburgh Festival is that this interferes with IB Archibald’s plans to visit the Western Isles (Letters, Aug 13).
She ought, he says, to get back to her desk so that IB can get away from his.
The idiocy of comparing the PM and FM is what really renders this letter credulous. The FM has been, this last week, trying to pull together the devolved heads of government and the PM to deal with a crisis of far greater import than IB Archibald’s holidays.
That, of course, has escaped Mr Archibald’s attention.
James Stark
Ayrshire
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