Letters / Hostage to fortune
The recent “Grangemouth incident” is a true warning of just how vulnerable an independent Scotland would be to industrial sabotage and absolute ruin.
If, for whatever reason such as union stupidity or management/shareholder vindictiveness or incompetence, the Grangemouth plant closed after Scotland had become an independent nation, the results for Scotland would be catastrophic.
No ability to produce petrol! Nowhere to process its own abundant oil. A small country totally dependent on the goodwill of others – England, Europe, for example – to maintain its economy.
An independent Scotland’s entire future and economic welfare being dependant on union power and corporate multinational goodwill.
What a vision for the future! What a hostage to fortune!
Ian Tinkler
Clousta
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