Nicola’s ploy cynical ... and so predictable
IT SHOULD come as no surprise to Scots, or people elsewhere in the UK, that the SNP has used Cop26 to spread separatist propaganda. It’s pretty much par for the course. The SNP has taken out adverts in newspapers that feature Nicola Sturgeon and talk of Scotland being a ‘nation in waiting’ and welcoming the nations of the world. These will, no doubt, occasion a sigh or a yawn among those of us fed a continuous diet of separatism by the SNP for many years. But I wonder how these adverts might be perceived by those visiting Glasgow for Cop26. Many will no doubt, with a shake of the head, ask ‘what is that all about?’ Or ‘what has that to do with climate change?’ Some may have heard of the SNP’s attempt to break up the UK and some may think it bizarre to welcome foreigners by, effectively, disparaging the host country for Cop26. In most of the countries with delegates there will not be the possibility of agitating for the secession of a part of a country. Perhaps those who understand what this is about will commend the UK’s tolerance. Of course, it may be that the intended audience for these adverts isn’t the foreign visitors but the recalcitrant Scots who, whatever promises and blandishments are offered, remain indifferent or even opposed to the SNP’s dishonest and impractical mirage of a Scottish nirvana outside the UK.
JILL STEPHENSON, Edinburgh. YET again, Nicola Sturgeon demeans the office of First Minister by placing an advert in newspapers expressing her party’s grievance. It has reduced Scotland to the level of the painted, placard-waving activists in George Square. Her photo opportunity with wee Greta shows cynical exploitation of anyone and everyone for what really matters to her, banging her indy drum.
ALLAN THOMPSON, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire.