Brexit is UK’s greatest ever ‘act of self-harm’

Madam, – While unbelievably, our politicians enjoy their annual summer break and the rest of us ponder an uncertain future, we Scots are facing the most difficult period in both our economic and political history.

Never before has democracy in our Nation (Scotland) been under such an attack from the most populist right wing government ever seen in Britain.

Brexit manifested in the form of Leave or Remain, has become the political dividing line particularly in England/ UK.

This disaster has polarised into two camps which have completely blurred the accepted divisions of the main political parties.

Brexit Tories are now bedfellows of extreme Brexit Labour voters.

The Tory and Labour parties are split and in turmoil, if not total decline.

The Lib Dems, the temporary refuge of Remainers from both Tory and Labour, are now being led by a leader who has turned her back on Scotland.

As an observer of English politics all I see is the collapse of the political status quo.

A Westminster Parliament stuck in a quagmire, unable to extricate itelf from the impasse.

The political narrative is about suspending Parliament, of finding ways of ignoring no confidence votes and of making political comment that has little foundation.

With Boris Johnson the situation has just become even more critical and we are now entering and witnessing the final chapter of the greatest act of self-harm this country has ever encountered since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Through three years of turmoil Scotland has remained steadfast, consistent and predictable.

Clearly from day one the electorate has consistently voted remain. Welsh nationalism is on the rise and a United Ireland has been seriously talked about in Northern Ireland.

Even the English are beginning to say they would be happy to sell out the UK for a no deal Brexit.

From this background of chaos, like never before an independent Scotland provides a route out of the chaos. Better together is dead and meaningless even to the most staunch of no-toindependence supporter of 2014.

The task must be to make our dream of independence happen, and soon.

Dan Wood. Charles Melvin Gardens, Kirriemuir.