Indy quest is futile

ALTHOUGH I am sure that John Swinney and his deputy Kate Forbes, together with selected ministers within the latest Scottish Government, have the best of intentions, it would seem that their continuing quest for independence is futile. We have witnessed the demise of more influential figures within the SNP such as Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon so it is highly unlikely that someone like Mr Swinney will succeed where they have failed.

The SNP cause has for quite some considerable time now been dead in the water; the majority of voters are quite content to remain in the UK as we Scots have done now for more than 300 years. And no amount of campaigning, marching and rallying by the Salmonds, Sturgeons or Swinneys of this world is ever going to convince the majority of Scots of otherwise.

Surely the time has come for we Scots to return to the political scene of conservatism, socialism or liberal/democratism. Scottish nationalism will be doomed yet again to the history books with Wallace and Bruce.

Robert IG Scott, Ceres, Fife.

THE SNP decided some time ago that to be successful it had to disguise its nationalism with the term “civic nationalism”, trying to convince the voters that Scottish nationalism was benign, woke, liberal and cool and certainly not anglophobic or identity-based. Its recent travails indicate that the civic tail is now wagging the nationalist dog, much to the dismay of those SNP members who really do want separation from the English and are at best neutral on trans issues, hate crime and other woke tropes.