Honesty, please

If, as polls indicate, Scotland is moving towards independence, the SNP need to be totally honest with the electorate.

Issues such as currency, pensions, EU membership, the economy, taxation and our relationship with England must be clearly set out and explained.

Six years previously, Alex Salmond had us believe North Sea oil would make Scotland one of the wealthiest small countries on the planet; how things have changed!

Renewables now appear to be the future, and we are also told that Scotland is rich in natural resources (perhaps these need to be defined), but will these bring the prosperity and jobs to drive the economy which is necessary to provide the level of public services we currently expect and benefit from?

It’s all very well blaming the Conservatives for everything – that’s easy – but in a newlyformed independent Scotland the new administration would require to show strong leadership, integrity and skilpolitical craft to govern the country.

Sadly, to date there is little evidence of these qualities and talent being in abundance, save perhaps one or two exceptions.

Independence is not a game and politicians owe it to the people of Scotland to be sincere about their futures, because once the decision is made there is no turning back.

When and if a ‘road map’ to independence is drawn up it must have clear achievable objectives and not just an aspirational wish-list.

BRUCE MIREYLEES, Bayfield Gardens, Broughty Ferry