Gerry Hassan views Scotland through tartan tinted specs.
There is so much wrong with that article, that i wouldn't know where to start.
For example 'Independence would also give Scotland a greater voice internationally'. It seems obvious to me that we have a large say in international organisations - major players in NATO and the EU, members of the UNSC. As part of the UK of course.
If we do decide to break off from the UK we will be a tiny voice, possibly admitted to the EU, but quite possibly not. Do we want to join NATO? The separatists are spectacularly muddy when it comes to defence matters.
As for maturing and growing up? That is meaningless claptrap, I am grown up and leave the growing up to the kids these days.
For the life of me I can see no good reason to leave the UK, and bitterly resent the failure of the Unionist parties in Scotland to produce a decent leadership. Undoubtedly salmond is head and shoulders above any other politician in Scotland, but that's not saying much.
There is so much wrong with that article, that i wouldn't know where to start.
For example 'Independence would also give Scotland a greater voice internationally'. It seems obvious to me that we have a large say in international organisations - major players in NATO and the EU, members of the UNSC. As part of the UK of course.
If we do decide to break off from the UK we will be a tiny voice, possibly admitted to the EU, but quite possibly not. Do we want to join NATO? The separatists are spectacularly muddy when it comes to defence matters.
As for maturing and growing up? That is meaningless claptrap, I am grown up and leave the growing up to the kids these days.
For the life of me I can see no good reason to leave the UK, and bitterly resent the failure of the Unionist parties in Scotland to produce a decent leadership. Undoubtedly salmond is head and shoulders above any other politician in Scotland, but that's not saying much.
