Why would anyone want the status quo?

Sir, - In his letter (Time has come for change to Holyrood political scene, Courier, February 10), Robert Scott asserts that voting SNP is a “non-starter”, irrational and positively “harmful”, not just for Scotland but the whole of the UK.

As depressingly morbid prognoses go, that’s got to be down with the lowest.

But it’s at this point Mr Scott loses credibility.

For the vast majority of voters know that spending constraints have been imposed on Scotland by this British Tory

Government. It is London, not Scotland, who ultimately control the purse strings in this UK.

If Mr Scott really wants a fairer society, as the majority in Scotland presumably do, then why on earth would he want to maintain the status quo?

If he really wants Scottish Governments to have the powers to bring investment for decent housing, to eradicate poverty and provide fair and proper social support for those in need, then why would he maintain that those responsibilities should be held by a British state that has indulged in decades of austerity, low wages and wealth

inequality. Right now, only the SNP is committed to restoring the economic powers enjoyed by other independent nations to be deployed for Scotland and its citizens.

Scotland’s independence is the vital link to realise that vision of a better Scotland Mr Scott and now the majority of Scots support, here and now. Kevin Donnelly.

Mill Street, Kirriemuir.

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