Abomination

The so-called Supreme Court ruling that Holyrood cannot have an independence referendum is an abomination. It has rightly been met with contempt and anger by millions of Scots. It is a shameful landmark in the destruction of democratic rights. It leaves the United Kingdom as a legal, moral and politically bankrupt entity. This disastrous decision will stand alongside the Dred Scott case in its infamy. This was when the US Supreme Court ruled that even freed descendants of slaves had no rights the white man was required to respect. Nor could they be citizens.

There is no doubt that Scotland now is a colony. Democracy exists here in name only. To pretend otherwise is a filthy lie. The ruling should be the end of the “constitutional” approach pursued by the SNP. This had been a disaster. Reasserting

Scotland's ancient right to independence will require a head-on collision with the Westminster cesspit.

SNP MPS should disrupt the illegitimate proceedings at Westminster. The other course of action is that Holyrood is collapsed, a fresh election called on a single issue of independence. Then independence should be declared unilaterally.

The right of nations to secede is enshrined in international law. This trumps domestic law. This was the position of the UK when Kosovo left Serbia. The same applies to Scotland. This will not happen with the current SNP leadership in place.

ALAN HINNRICHS

Dundee