What’s the alternative?

In response to Jonathon Wills’ childish prattle (Scotshire; SN, 19/09/2014), I must ask him; why are you so very scornful, have you been taking lessons from Salmond?

Let’s face it, Jonathon; just look at Salmond’s and his acolyte Yes peoples’ achievements to date.

Salmond has sown division and hatred across Scotland; no modern UK politician has been so divisive and created such ill will (Maggie never even came close).

He has destroyed utterly any chance of independence for Scotland for a generation. So weakened is Scottish Labour that Cameron and his Tories are enormously empowered.

Cameron must quietly be laughing himself silly. The greatest break on the more extreme Tories and UKIP policies was a strong Scottish Labour movement, returning strong socialist MPs to Westminster.

Jonathon, surely you must know all England, most of Ireland and Wales now hold the SNP, and sadly some nationalist Scots, in utter contempt.

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The extreme nationalists are the greatest advert and enabler the Tories will ever need, exactly the same coin as UKIP, just the other side of it.

I must ask, has any good come out of these two years of idiocy?

Perhaps it has; it may just have shown why it is so important for Shetland to reach for Crown Dependency.

Rationally we must buffer ourselves from Westminster, and Holyrood, neither will ever act for the best of Shetland.

We must make a stand and gain partial independence, selfish that may be but just what is the alternative?

Ian Tinkler
Clousta