Failed tenure
The SNP’S detailed economic analysis for an independent Scotland seems to have come down to two incredibly vague statements. The Financial Secretary’s comment that the turmoil at Westminster over Brexit proves that we will be economically better off on our own, and his leader’s assertion that an independent Scotland will act as bridge between the EU and “our friends” in the south for inward investment. Pretty detailed information to assure us of the brightest economic future!
Like any new business, the SNP should have settled into
their new role 12 years ago and concentrated on proving to us they were capable of of running all aspects of the country’s affairs in a decent and efficient manner. Had they done this and achieved it to even a reasonable degree, they would have been entitled to to be given some credence.
However, right from the start they concentrated on agitating for their obsessive desire to split the Union, to the detriment
of everyday matters. Their chosen route to that target was grievance politics, the easy route with no need, in their opinion, to provide the most important details of all he practicalities involved.
As a direct consequence of this approach just about everything they have touched is a disaster and all the major elements that the First Minister said she was going to be judged by have failed miserably. Like
all her other big announcements, they are quietly forgotten. Just as we would do if any other business let us down so badly, we should now ignore them and go elsewhere.
It is insulting in the extreme that the SNP should so clearly believe that they do not need to give us a detailed analysis of how the country would survive on its own. They seem to have satisfied themselves that the recent Westminster travails will turn off the people enough to allow them to sneak through to independence without coming clean on the detail.
Scotland cannot afford to let these obsessed people lead it into the completely unnecessary hardship, and even potential ruin, that their cherished ambition represents.
IAN HOGG
High Cross Avenue, Melrose