The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

People of Scotland deserve better

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Sir, – I cannot but agree with Douglas Cowe (SNP has trashed every aspect of Scottish life, Courier, March 1).

The architects of devolution never imagined that granting devolved powers to a Scottish parliament­ary process would result in the shambles we have seen for so many years.

The main problem stems from the cult of personalit­y developed by Nicola Sturgeon, to push her independen­ce agenda at the expense of everything else.

She profiles herself as the mother of our nation, and anyone daring to question her authority gets a verbal slap on the head.

Evidence abounds in her ripostes at FMQs to questions from opposition parties.

There is also very clear evidence of the lack of transparen­cy in matters of government, not only in the withholdin­g of evidence from the Holyrood Committee of Inquiry for more than two years, but also from a total absence of publicatio­ns dealing with the waste of public money in failed ventures such as Prestwick Airport, BiFab, Calmac Ferries etc.

Added to that is a very carefully constructe­d campaign to absolutely not inform voters about the huge complexiti­es associated with independen­ce, and the economic consequenc­es.

‘We deserve better’ should be the slogan for the upcoming election.

Derek Farmer. Knightswar­d Farm, Anstruther.

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