Forget China, work for indy

SNP MP Stewart McDonald is obsessing about Chinese spies (“SNP MP targeted by Chinese spies warns Scot Gov puts nation at risk with over-reliance on Beijing”, April 14), when perhaps he should be more concerned about MI5 spies who are doing all they can to keep Scotland in its UK prison. If Mr McDonald is genuinely concerned about malign foreign influences from countries like China, shouldn’t he be working day and night to make Scotland an independent nation?

Because if Scotland were a grown-up country and not a colonial vassal, it would be able to manage its economy, take back ownership of its land and resources from foreign governments and corporations, and create an energy and industrial policy so that it could manufacture its own wind turbines.

It could decide with which countries and on what terms to trade.

Scotland could choose to no longer be a US lapdog and forge an independent defence policy.

It could have its own immigration policy and determine how many foreign nationals should be allowed to attend Scottish universities after, that is, demand from Scottish students is satisfied.

Stewart McDonald pretends to be some kind of statesman when he’s just another run-of-the-mill colonial administrator eager to please his London masters. That’s pathetic. Leah Gunn Barrett, Edinburgh.