To [All Papers]
Dear Sir/Madam,
The independence referendum is now over and I think many people will agree that Yes Scotland fought a strong campaign. Yes was a massive grassroots movement which included a huge number of diverse groups and made the logical argument that the best people to rule Scotland are the people who live in it.
On the other hand the No campaign was a tidal wave of scaremongering and negativity with big business and the British Government uniting to claim that Scotland was well governed within the UK state despite all the evidence of extreme and increasing poverty in a country which is the fourteenth richest in the world.
Better Together made the argument strongly during the campaign that a No vote was not a vote for ‘no change’ and that there would be substantial new powers delivered to Scotland. It seems that 25% of the public voted No on that basis.
If these powers are not delivered by the unionist parties then it would mean that the vote is invalid as it was achieved under false pretences.
In Scotland the people are sovereign a fact admitted by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats when they signed the 1989 Claim of Right.
If the unionist parties ignore the will of Scotland for more powers for our parliament then in such circumstances the Scottish Government would have legitimate cause to hold another referendum on independence as the only way to guarantee the powers that the people want.
Yours for Scotland
Joe Middleton
Free Scotland Now! 