Another Indyref is the ‘only way out’

Sir, – Multiple scientists have warned Boris Johnson that ending the lockdown prematurely virtually guarantees a second wave of Covid-19.

Mr Johnson’s response was typically full of bluster, lies and buffoonery. He ignored the scientific advice and instead did what the bankers and oligarchs wanted him to; namely open up the economy.

This criminal Tory negligence will cost thousands of lives.

The Tories are now going through a sham exercise to ditch the two metre rule. All so as pubs and restaurants can open up. The decision has already been made that the rule will go, even though the Tories lie and say it hasn’t.

The decision to delay the lockdown cost up to 20,000 lives according to Professor Neil Ferguson, who was the chief scientific adviser.

Instead Mr Johnson and the Tories pushed the dubious “herd immunity” approach in order to protect the accumulated fortunes of the Tory donor class

Nicola Sturgeon should close the border if there is a second wave in England. This is not about constitutional niceties, it’s about saving lives of people in Scotland.

Boris Johnson is flatly incapable of telling the truth on any issue. Just this week the Tories said they would let millions of children on free school meals go hungry during the summer holidays in England.

This was promptly reversed after a campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford, a campaign Mr Johnson ludicrously claimed he had not heard of.

Thanks to 40 years of Tory incompetence and greed, the UK is now in the worst depression since 1929.

The furlough scheme is nothing other than a national payday loan. Soon there will be an emergency budget with tax rises, spending cuts and wage freezes.

A hard Brexit is on the horizon as Mr Johnson refuses to ask for an extension to the negotiating period.

The UK is now a rotting corpse. The only way out is for Scotland to have another independence referendum.

Alan Hinnrichs. 2 Gillespie Terrace, Dundee.