No passion for Indyref 2

THERESA May’s criticism of Nicola Sturgeon (Mail) is perfectly correct.

Miss Sturgeon is gambling on one last effort at reigniting passion for another independence referendum.

But if the First Minister cannot rouse her own very dedicated followers, then who can she expect to support her out-of-touch and out-oftime ideas?

Her problem is that the blueprint Growth Commission report is not an adequate starting point for serious discussion because it is deeply flawed.

Miss Sturgeon will inevitably be wounded over this weekend as rapturous acceptance of the SNP plans will either not occur, or be perceived as window dressing if it does. The writing is on the wall.

Gerald edwards, Glasgow. IF the Growth Commission report is the wonder it is hyped up to be, why are its authors not on every television screen and in every newspaper shouting about it?

Why is it not the centrepiece of this weekend’s SNP conference?

How is it possible that having boasted the report would ‘reignite the independence debate’, Nicola Sturgeon herself seems deeply unwilling to engage in any debate about the report’s contents?

The report seems to me to be a roadmap to 25 years of austerity the like of which we have never seen before, with slim chance of Scotland emerging any better off at the end.

I’m happy to debate that, but why isn’t the SNP?

Tom walsh, aberdeen. WITHouT a doubt countries as small as Scotland are able to govern themselves independently for many years. But a subtle difference remains.

They have been run by competent administrations which Scotland – given the dire performance throughout the SNP’s term in office – most definitely has not.

No reshuffle of ministers will make an iota of difference. They are all so lightweight and lacking in the necessary expertise that any change is unlikely to make any difference to the status quo. elizabeTh CorbeTT zok,

stepps, lanarkshire. IF Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘road to independence’ is anything like Scotland’s potholed roads, she’s going nowhere fast. Phil Johnson, bishopton, renfrewshire.