Hit and myth

Elections can be a time when we get a glimpse into the little world inhabited by those who subscribe to a different view which is often revealed to be the realms of fantasy.

Part of the doctrine of breaking up the UK is to deny reality, of course. Thus, Gill Turner (Letters, 14 November) tells us that the oft-repeated claim that the independence referendum was a “once in a generation” event is a “myth”.

If so, it was a myth that was ubiquitous in the never-ending run-up to the 2014 referendum. The aim of that mantra was to encourage the belief that there would only be one chance to break up the UK and that was it.

That ship has sailed and so the argument must be reheated with whatever materials come to hand. Naturally, an Opposition led by a person as unpopular as Jeremy Corbyn will not succeed on his own. That is a golden opportunity to deal two blows to the UK, if not more.

The entire country would get a “useless” Prime Minister, leading a parliamentary party which has no confidence in him. He would be there, the plan goes, on the strength of SNP votes, which would only be there if he does their bidding and allows another vote to break up the country. The fatal flaw in this approach on one hand is the belief that English voters will put their cross beside candidates led by a self-confessed Marxist whose whole aim is to bankrupt the UK and emasculate our nuclear defences, whose presence there depends upon allowing a separatist party to destroy the country.

On the other hand, will Scots vote for a second separatist referendum after two damaging ones in the last five years?

ANDREW HN GRAY Craiglea Drive, Edinburgh