LETTERS SNP on dangerous ground
THAT a democratically elected MP, albeit one representing the SNP, has publicly admitted she believes Scottish independence could be achieved without a referendum beggars belief.
Joanna Cherry provides scant detail to support her remarks save that she considers a general election might adequately serve nationalism’s purpose. what does she envisage? That a sentence in an SNP manifesto would suffice?
Miss Cherry strays onto dangerous ground. Are we only now glimpsing the real SNP that dwells beneath its spin-doctor-polished veneer?
MArTIn rEdFErn, Edinburgh. NICoLA Sturgeon and her SNP continue to exploit Brexit for their own advantage by trying to boost the case for independence.
She says her westminster MPs will vote against any deal Theresa May secures, regardless of its merits, if it does not include membership of the single market and customs union – knowing full well this is unlikely, if not impossible if the referendum result is to be honoured.
Miss Sturgeon has also stated she would support calls for a second Brexit referendum, while it has been suggested the party would support a Labour government in return for support for Indyref 2.
The SNP strategy aims to push the uK to a no-deal outcome, which Miss Sturgeon herself claims is likely to be the most damaging and disruptive, so it seems the SNP considers this worth doing if it strengthens the case for independence. But it is at a price the rest of us will have to bear.
The SNP clearly does not respect referendums or the electoral and constitutional processes of the uK.
If the party wins an independence referendum, will it be so keen to reject the result if parts of Scotland vote against independence?
AlAn WyllIE, largs, Ayrshire. ANoTHer SNP conference and we hear the same tired speeches. Scotland must be in control of its own affairs. Aye right!
Scotland’s own affairs have deteriorated over the ten years since the SNP gained power and will continue to deteriorate as long as the country is governed by politicians who care more about their own ambitions than about the good of Scotland.
IAn BAlloCh, Grangemouth.