HAVING read The National on Monday, could there be a chance of a “get together” of all independence parties?
Let’s be honest, there was no chance of Nicola and Alex getting round the table, but is there an opportunity with John Swinney and the rest of the parties listed by George Kerevan in Monday’s paper, some of which I’d never heard of (Increasing number of indy parties is confusing voters and wasting energy, Aug 26)?
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What a message that would send to the independence movement. Radical? Maybe not, but a start.
We are asking for change. Could this start the ball rolling, bring our difference to the table and for goodness sake, start working for the goal we all want?
Let’s open all our doors and give us – the stair-climbers and leaflet-droppers – HOPE.
Ken McCartney
Hawick
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