I wonder what our SNP candidate will make of this endorsement in a letter to the Berwickshire whose columns are now belatedly recognising the election cmpaign-go to Westminster to be a nuisance and scare the e*******t out of the English! He seems to be implying : If you 'assert' yourself enough then you will be given your independence just to get rid of you! Looking at the the party manifestos which now take up as much room in the Berwickshire as the Hutton and Paxton Community Council minutes it seems that only the SNP is offering decent inducements to the grey voters. But to fulfil these promises they will need to get into power. Is that a likely prospect? The writer is also anxious to recruit members for the local community council-so there's a thought for those unsuccessful candidates for Westminster.
SIR, On May 5 we will be voting for a new government at Westminster. So what on earth is the relevance of the Scottish National Party, the party for an independent Scotland remember, to a parliament based way down in the south-east of England? The prospect of the SNP forming a government down there is about as likely as the USA having a communist administration!But wait, nothing makes Westminster reach for the brown trousers quicker than the Scots asserting themselves. Who remembers the governments desperate attempts to appease the Scottish people when the SNP had 11 MPs at Westminster? This was the period which gave birth to devolution and a Scottish Parliament among other benefits.Even in Berwickshire, one of the most English of Scotlands counties, I believe there is a realisation that none of the Unionist parties can guide Scotland to a more prosperous future. After all, the Treasury in London still controls the Holyrood purse strings, and nothing will loosen them easier than a good gang of SNP MPs.Nearer to home and sooner, we will be voting for candidates to form the Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome Community Council. I hope everyone eligible will turn out for this grass roots forum on April 30. I also hope they will bear in mind that we want members who will work for us on ALL issues all the year roun (Name withheld to protect the innocent)Duns
