Nicola’s not going to stop seeking a break-up
IN the latest of the BBC’s party leader interviews, Nicola Sturgeon struggled to deal with Andrew Neil’s questioning of the SNP’s performance over its ten years in power, but the First Minister was clear on one point. No matter how poor the SNP result, or how strong the outcome for her opponents, as long as the SNP secures the most seats in Scotland she will call it a ‘victory’ and on the strength of that continue to call for an independence referendum rerun. For the First Minister, what the people of Scotland want in this regard is now clearly academic. Keith howell, west linton,
Peeblesshire. A FEW weeks back, when comparisons with the rest of the UK were put to Nicola Sturgeon in a TV interview about education, the health service, etc, she said she wants Scotland to stand on its own two feet in these matters. On Sunday night, being interviewed by Andrew Neil, she spent most of the interview making comparisons, all in the SNP’s favour. It seems comparing us with England only matters when the figures suit the SNP. She also stated that she would support Jeremy Corbyn to become Prime Minister. Our friends across the Border should be very careful what they vote for. Can anyone imagine Corbyn in power with Sturgeon pulling his strings. A nightmare!
ian Balloch, by email. UNDERSTANDABLY the SNP manifesto has been delayed because of events in Manchester. Nevertheless, it would have been published later than that of other parties – as usual. The SNP appears to prefer to publish its manifestos late, having cherrypicked what is going down best with voters from other manifestos. Not terribly principled but fair enough, I guess – that’s politics. But what is of much more concern, with perhaps 20 per cent of us expected to vote by post in this election, is that the SNP routinely publishes its manifesto after postal voting has commenced. In this post-truth era, there’s an onus on all political parties to be vigilant about transparency. Can publishing a party manifesto, in effect after the polls have opened, be deemed open and honest? Martin redfern , edinburgh.