BY some strangulation of logic Theresa May tells Nicola Sturgeon "that she needs to get on with the day job". Yet her own country's NHS is in stark crisis, underfunded, and deliberately being pushed towards privatisation. Railways are a nightmare and the education system is falling apart, whilst ominously, Nissan and other major companies will "review their situation" during Brexit. Yet conversely she agrees to a £200-£400 billion improvement plan on a railway line that is already functioning normally. That's some nerve from an unelected Prime Minister.
Yet isn't it true that Nicola Sturgeon has no other democratic choice but to ask us in Scotland which way we want to go? And I find it downright sinister to witness the unbelievable desperation that Westminster displays in hanging on to Scotland for dear life. It must be of gargantuan importance to warrant such a power grab as we all prepare to be verbally bludgeoned over the coming months that Scotland must never be governed from our nation's capital.
Robert Gritton,
62 Mameulah Road, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire.
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