WHAT makes Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP think a de facto referendum General Election will work in our struggle for independence?
What makes them think Alister Jack, Douglas Ross and Rishki Sunak would recognise a SNP victory in a de facto General election?
They do not recognise or accept the mandate given by election victories in the 2015 UK election, 2016 Scottish election, 2017 UK election, 2019 UK election and 2021 Scottish election. They also do not acknowledge that in 2016 Scotland voted to remain in the EU, and in 2019 the SNP won the EU elections.
Yet they insist that Scotland and the SNP only acknowledge the referendum result of 2014, when the Unionist parties sold a pack of lies to the electorate of Scotland to gain a Pyrrhic victory.
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Alister Jack, secretary of state against Scotland, has already stated that in a de facto referendum the SNP would need to have a greater vote than all the Unionist parties in Scotland.
In the event of defeat, what would stop Alister Jack and his cohorts from moving the goal posts? And what would hold them to recognise the result?
Already Alister Jack has stated there would be problems with pensions, even although the DWP clearly stated there would be no issues, you would continue to receive your pension as you presently do.
As for currency, Mark Carney and Mervyn King, both former governors of the Bank of England, have stated quite clearly that we could use the pound.
Remind me, what has happened to the mighty UK’s AAA credit rating? At present Standard and Poors has it at AA with negative outlook, Moodys was Aa3 with negative outlook, and Fitches was AA with a negative outlook.
Surely Scotland as a independent country, with oil and gas and plenty of renewable opportunities and a population of 5.25 million, could do better than the almighty crisis-ridden shambles that is the UK.
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Just what is the difference between Labour and Conservative policies? Both speak with forked tongues when elections approach.
We have had 12 years of austerity and under-funding, brought about by Tony Blair’s fixation of New Labour, followed by Gordon Brown as chancellor and prime minister, his inability to curb spending especially after the illegal and costly war in Iraq. They are the real culprits – they opened the doors for the Tories to implement the cruel and spiteful policies associated with austerity.
Can you imagine the rage and accusations that would have been thrown in the direction of the EU if the UK Government had been informed that they could not hold a referendum to leave the EU, or now is not the time, there is no legal way to leave the EU? Just imagine David Cameron’s face, the outrage of Johnson and Rees-Mogg and the hate-filled rhetoric of Farage.
How did Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malta and 42 other countries escape the clutches of British/English colonial government?
Robert McCaw
Renfrew
SO the great and the good (well, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale) have decided that we should not have Flower of Scotland as our anthem. Is this because it sprang from a desire of the people to express their desire for nationhood, and was not imposed on us by the self-same great and good?
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Any change must be decided by the people of Scotland after independence, as should the role of monarchy, EU and Nato membership and the constitution itself. Such decisions are up to us, not yon birkie ca’d a lord.
Cliff Uney
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