JUDGING by the difference in opinion polls between those in favour of independence and those intending to vote SNP at the next UK General Election, it would appear that many independence supporters either plan to abstain or to vote Labour.
Abstaining is exactly what Unionists parties want independence supporters to do, as it boosts the chances of Unionist MPs being elected. Their anti-SNP rhetoric is designed to turn independence supporters against the SNP in the hope that they will abstain.
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Sadly, a significant number of independence supporters appear to have been taken in by this.
If you want independence, vote for the only party (in a UK General Election) that has a chance of getting MPs elected and has independence front and centre in its manifesto. That party is the SNP.
David Howie
Dunblane
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