The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Unite to overcome fearmongering
Sir, – The setting of a date for the next independence referendum is both good news and the most significant progress on the issue since the Brexit referendum. All the various pro-independence factions must now cease hostilities and unify around the single objective of Scotland becoming a normal independent country.
Nothing else matters at this stage.
The Tories have nothing to offer. They see the world through the glasses of the empire; a Unionism that appeals to a sordid self-glorification and antirefugee prejudice. Boris Johnson is a supreme conman. The mass indoctrination by false media-spun propaganda remains the biggest threat to independence.
The unionists will run the most absurd campaign of lies and fearmongering.
All sorts of “promises” will be made and then promptly dumped. No doubt the spectre of Putin will be raised.
Yes supporters will be accused of being his “useful idiots”.
Then it will be that there are more “important” issues. Under the Union, Scotland, the most energyrich country in Europe, has the highest fuel bills and there is nothing Holyrood can do about it.
The Unionist position is that Holyrood should use the powers it does not have to solve the problems caused by Westminster economic policies. This shows the utter stupidity and political bankruptcy of the Union.
The Tories have said they will not participate in any referendum and have said that there is no mandate. The other British Unionist parties in Scotland agreed. What they are saying is that the will of Scottish voters doesn’t matter. The Unionist parties in Scotland serve Westminster.
The Supreme Court will no doubt rule that Holyrood has no power to hold a referendum. In these circumstances it will be clear that Scotland is being held in a Union against international law.
It will be at this stage, if the SNP win a majority of the seats in 2024, that this will be enough to declare independence in accordance with international law. Alan Hinnrichs. Gillespie Terrace, Dundee.