AS we approach the middle of February we need to consider how close it is to the May election. Some are threatening to leave the SNP because of the issues discussed at the Scottish Government committee examining the flawed court case against Alex Salmond. To stop supporting the SNP at this critical time would be a major mistake.
We need to pull Yes groups together and begin campaigning for independence. Hopefully the setting up of Now Scotland will help that. We are very close to an independence majority and we are not off the campaign starting blocks yet.
Whatever you feel about the SNP leadership and its views, we must keep our pro-indy unity and achieve independence. All other issues can be attended to after independence. We must maximise the SNP majority and those who support independence. The post-election parliament must have a majority of supporters for independence.
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The particular voting system that was set up for Holyrood was to prevent the SNP getting a majority. Donald Dewar and Tony Blair were alert to the growing support for independence, although they could not have known then how big that support would become!
The SNP want both votes SNP because they are the dominant party and want to stay that way. But those of us who want to maximise a vote for independence will be using the list vote for another independence party. This is democracy. Broadening the voices for independence is valuable.
I will be voting SNP for the constituency vote and Action for Independence for the list vote. I wont be voting for the Greens because they haven’t been doing much to promote independence recently.
Most of all we must hold it together, keep the heid and remove ourselves from the incompetence, cronyism and chaos of the UK Government.
Maggie Chetty
Glasgow
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