We are treated like a colony

Sir, - There has been much criticism in these pages and beyond from unionists at all levels regarding the Scottish Government’s actions in the aftermath of a Brexit we did not vote for.

Nicola Sturgeon is pressured to get behind Theresa May in a common purpose which clearly doesn’t exist.

The EU vote highlighted, for all the world to see, the divergent paths Scotland and England are taking.

Ms Sturgeon, our fully mandated First Minister, while doing her day job of representing our interThe

If Scots truly have no voice in regard to their future, we need to drop the pretence of union. Let us instead refer to it using a more honest term: colonialism

ests, did attempt to find some common ground, but received no reply from an establishment hell-bent on following its heedless, headless course.

Meantime, Scotland is bombarded with tautological diktats from a Tory Party with no Scottish mandate.

“Now is not the time”, in the context of future negotiations may suit London’s self-interested agenda, but entering this process with the intention of using Scottish resources as bargaining tools is highly dishonest in the current political climate.

If Scots think that any deal brokered in these circumstances, in all likelihood to London’s benefit, will be risked by allowing us a referendum at any time, should heed the Prime Minister’s words that Brexit, “isn’t a question about whether the people of Scotland should have a choice about their future”.

If Scots truly have no voice in regard to their future, we need to drop the pretence of union.

Let us instead refer to it using a more honest term: colonialism. Ken Clark. 335 King Street, Broughty Ferry.