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GEORGE Kerevan’s article has given me a clear insight into what I’ve considered to have been his factional political position when he was an SNP member (Why something needs to change in our politics and the push for indy, April 19). My view is that there has been some wrong thinking by some in our movement that Nicola Sturgeon and her government’s sole position for achieving an indyref is to await “permission” from Johnson or continue to request a Section 30 order. They have at least one other declared route, which is that, should there be a majority SNP government or independence-supporting Holyrood, they would seek a decision to hold a referendum without Section 30 and put the onus on Johnson to mount a legal challenge against it. ....
TO the UDI proclaimers, the “hierarchy don’t want independence” shouters and assorted others. what gives? What actually gives? You do realise that that is the rUK establishment across the Rio Tweed? You know, the ones that are past masters when it comes to divide and conquer! So what actually gives that some people on social media are doing Downing Streets work for them? Obviously there are those that are doing it because that is what they are there for but then there are others, notably those that have failed to gain position within the SNP, and so deep is their grievance that they have placed their ego above achieving independence. ....
Don’t buy the beef from Brazil Sir, – While our focus, quite rightly, has been on Covid and the long-hoped-for relaxation of lockdown, the Westminster Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil. President Bolsonaro, besides being one of the main Covid-deniers, is allowing the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest. To sign a Memorandum of Understanding with such a man and his government flies in the face of the commitment the UK Government has given not just to farmers, but to the general public, that it will not allow substandard foods to enter this country. Brazilian beef is produced using growth-promoting and product-boosting hormones. ....