Democracy?

FOLLOWING the installation of the new Prime Minister and her appointed Government, and the result of the European Referendum to leave the EU, the First Minister is seen scurrying around meeting European dignitaries, appointing a committee of experts seeking ways for Scotland to remain in Europe.

The rhetoric we constantly hear from her is that it’s the democratic right of the Scottish people to be part of the European Union.

Strange how the First Minister doesn’t recognise the democratic right of the Scottish people who voted to remain as part of the UK.

The UK is the member state and Scotland will not be allowed into the European Union on their own.

The European Referendum was a UK vote which Scotland is part of.

Once again, the SNP are denying the democratic right of the UK people to vote to leave the EU.

Now we hear the First Minister with her half-hearted threats of another Independence referendum, while realistically another referendum is the last thing she needs.

Given the state of the economy, the deficit is over £9billion which would be coupled with the share of the national debt should Scotland leave the UK.

Unemployment is above the UK and would increase further by thousands if Trident was removed from Faslane.

With oil at 44 dollars a barrel, the First Minister’s best option would be to be part of the UK negotiating team and get on with governing the country. A MacKenzie, Renfrewshire