A General Election vote for the SNP is not, in itself, a vote for independence: and that vote would be especially suspect when an election manifesto contaminates the question with a host of electoral public spending bribes that distort people's reactions further. The 2024 SNP manifesto can only be one sentence long: "We campaign for independence". This comparison is regularly invoked by opponents of Scottish independence but is utterly spurious. However, as the establishment of the UK Supreme Court might itself have been in violation of the Treaty of Union, perhaps we should not be too concerned with such trifles. John O'Kane, Glasgow• MANY pro-Scottish independence writers have written letters on the UK Supreme Court decision (November 24), and I respect their views.

Source: The Herald November 25, 2022 09:41 UTC