My wife and I attended the Hope Over Fear rally (Why pro-independence Sunday Herald was turned away from pro-independence Hope Over Fear rally, News, September 20). We really wanted to do something a year on from our bitter disappointment. I thought the SNP would have organised something.
However the event was full of good humour, good fun, good speakers and some excellent musical entertainment. There were the token two Unionists with their Union Jacks, who quickly disappeared with a resounding cheerio, cheerio, cheerio, but to be honest I would have invited them to stay. We are a peaceful movement and they obviously did not have a party or rally of their own to attend.
However my main point is that you did not have to be a Tommy Sheridan fan to be there, you did not have to be SNP, Green or Common Weal, but we all want independence and the last thing we should be doing is falling out with or sniping at each other. We all have one common goal, and we can get there if we all vote Yes in the next referendum, no matter your political persuasion.
Once we have independence, people will then vote for the person/party they want in government in Scotland.
I am positive we will get that opportunity but we have to learn from the referendum a year ago. So come on, Scotland, let's stick together for this common cause and not give the mainstream media anything to help them in their aim of bringing us down.
Neil Harrison
Biggar
I note that journalists and photographers were refused permission to a barricaded enclosure set up around the stage at the pro-independence rally. Can I assume the organisers were aware of access legislation, which states the rights of everyone to access public land; and that they, as required under the Land Reform Act 2003 obtained an exemption to these rights, for reasons of growing crops, private gardens, industrial buildings, sports pitches while they are in use, places where you have to pay to go in, etc. If not, they were acting illegally.
Rose Harvie
Dumbarton
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