Westminster shenanigans are just another argument for independence

Sir, – Given the chaos arising from Boris Johnson’s duplicity and incompetence it was fitting to publish a two-page spread of readers’ letters.

One stood out from the rest, the suggestion that the SNP has “gone quiet” on demanding his resignation.

The writer obviously does not watch the news or he would have seen SNP leader Ian Blackford call on Mr Johnson to resign on numerous occasions.

It is not, however, enough to get rid of an egregious leader but to get rid of what is arguably the most corrupt administration since the 1832 Reform Act, an administration which gave post-brexit shipping contracts to a company with no ships, massive PPE contracts to personal cronies, many of them with no relevant experience, which gives party donors seats in an already overcrowded House of Lords and which undermines a professional civil service, with a longstanding reputation for being able to give impartial advice to the government of the day, by appointing special advisors (Spads) who tell the ministers what they want to hear and what to act on.

Appointing super-rich Rishi Sunak, a former employee of the notorious Goldman Sachs investment company and former partner in various Cayman Island-based hedge funds, is very unlikely to lead to a levelling-up of conditions for the majority of us.

It will take many years for Westminster to repair the damage caused both economically and reputationally and Scotland, which rejected both Brexit and the Tories, will very much suffer.

The difference in values between Westminster and Holyrood are now clear for everyone to see.

There has never been a greater need for Scottish independence.

Ken Guild.

Brown Street, Broughty Ferry.