Letter: The best choice for Scotland
This is one of the fundamental reasons why Scots should vote for independence, namely that this would be carrying the principle of subsidiarity, or localisation, to its logical end.
The second fundamental reason for independence for Scotland would be that it brought a further reversal of historic British imperialism, ie the demise of empire in the British Isles. Ireland is now partly free, and Scotland would further that process.
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Hide AdThe third reason would be the social, political and psychological empowerment which independence would confer. This is what the old Independent Labour Party in Scotland stood for, and it is what present socialists should aspire to.
Randolph Murray, Rannoch