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Questions for SNP
WRITING in his column on Thursday, Neil Mackay discussed the questions SNP must answer on independence, from hard borders to negotiations with London. Mackay wrote: “Moderate Yes voters, of which I’m one, aren’t prepared to blunder forward, as part of a nationalist dream, without fine detail and honest answers on the big issues.” Here’s what our readers said:
“No matter how lacklustre the SNP run another indy campaign and give you all the hymn sheet to sing from, you’ll sing it with all your heart, no questions asked.”
Isaac Leibowitz, Twitter
“I would never vote Yes to not having a Monetary Policy within an independent Scotland and allowing England to set our inflation and interest rates, they do that now so why would anyone vote Yes for more of the same?
“Yessers just don’t have the conviction to go it alone without the UK’S input, a ridiculous notion of independence. We wouldn’t even have a central bank or our own currency.”
Mark J Irvine, Facebook
“Voters who are worried that voting SNP would mean voting for Independence it’s not, it’s a vote for an Independence Referendum, and if they want, they can vote No when it comes along next year.”
Peter Piper, heraldscotland.com
“I do not think it is fair nor measured to compare Scotland becoming a normal independent and self governing nation to the disastrous decision by the English and their political leaders to Brexit.”
Jo Macdiarmid, heraldscotland.com
“This is nonsense from Neil Mackay. The idea of independence is that you actually have to become involved in the democratic decisions that affect every facet of your life.
“Don’t expect to continue on in lazy unionist fashion, having all of these decisions pre-packaged and delivered to your comfy armchair while you doze and grumble from the sidelines.”
Joyce Molloy, heraldscoltand.com
Hospital row
WE exclusively revealed yesterday the fresh row that has broken out over hospital building standards. It comes after it emerged that a firm currently being sued by the Irish Government over dozens of defective schools is in the running to build a 30-bed ward at
Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Here’s what our readers had to say.
“You couldn’t make this up. When letting contracts any successful business will look at cost, quality, technical competence and contractors’ history as well as their financial stability.
“It looks like our Holyrood administration need to get a few lessons before they waste even more of our money giving contracts to unsuitable companies. Now, has anyone reviewed the design?”
Michael Kent, heraldscotland.com
“It is a bit disappointing that there is obviously not a local, Scottish contractor that could have won this work. Is that too parochial a view? Pesky EU procurement rules will get the blame one assumes.”
Ian Mcinally, heraldscotland.com
“Why is this firm even being considered? Trouble is, public officials seem to be pretty clueless when it comes to negotiating with businesses and often get taken for a ride. They need to get someone on board who knows how to deal with businesses and knows the tricks of the trade.”
Dallas Carter, heraldscotland.com
Peebles fire
EDUCATION bosses will consider introducing sprinkler systems to all schools following the devastating blaze at Peebles High.
“If the sprinklers come on for every false alarm in a school you might have a soggy problem.”
Roy Pearson, Facebook
“The key words here are ‘consider introducing’. These should be part of the fabric already.”
Lorna Gatens, Facebook