DURING First Minister’s Questions, on August 7, 2014, Alex Salmond said no fewer than 13 times that the outcome of the referendum would represent the “sovereign will of the Scottish people”. He further stated that he expected George Osborne, Johan Lamont, Willie Rennie and various others to accept the result as the “sovereign will of the Scottish people”. Why can’t Nicola Sturgeon?
Ray Russell,
16 Byron Crescent, Dundee.
WHEN will this moaning and groaning, whinging and girning stop?
The time has come and gone, the result is in and it is time those people got on with living.
What are they hoping to be independent of? Some dreadful dictator, as in so many corners of the earth?
Sit back, look at some of those sights, and ask the question: “Why am I wanting change? Everything necessary for a good life is right here.”
However, if they do keep on and on and on, I would suggest that the SNP pay the £19m for the next referendum, thus bankrupting themselves, which can only be good for Scotland.
There is not one good reason why the taxpayer should pay for a re-run.
James Reilly,
Craigiehall Way, Erskine.
IN his letter (September 15) in support of another independence referendum, William Thomson referred to the classic song by The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. I’d like to point out to him that the track climaxes with what I consider to be a prophetic line: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Colin Grant,
6 Melford Avenue, Giffnock.
WILLIAM Thomson ends his balanced comments on the timing of a second referendum with the punchy assertion "we won't get fooled again" (Letters, September 15).
I respect his commitment but given that the economic case for independence is even weaker now than projected by the Yes campaign a year ago I suggest that it was the majority of the electorate who voted No who were not fooled.
Mr Thomson has got the wrong end of Ruth Marr's stick of independence rock which she says runs through the SNP (Letters, September15 ).
R Russell Smith,
96 Milton Road, Kilbirnie.
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