Part-Time Democrats

It is outrageous that so called democratic political parties should oppose a referendum on Scottish independence simply because they do not agree with the potential outcome.

If all political parties opposed referenda that might produce an outcome that they do not agree with, then there would be no referenda, ever!

Referenda are far more democratic than a cabal of 129 people who are only accountable to the 5,200,000 people they are representing once every four years.

The latest opinion polls suggest that only a minority of Scots favour independence. Surely it would be better if there was a referendum now on independence. This would be defeated and the issue could then be put aside for a generation. Scottish politics could then deal with other issues, such as health, education, crime, instead of the issue of independence always dominating the political debate.