Scottish independence is dead PT2, HMS Artful’s arrival in Scotland clearly shows that Nicola Sturgeon has been politically neutered as a driving force in the independence debate, Sturgeon in power means the ‘coast is clear’, clear enough to park nuclear subs in Scottish waters

Dear All

Scottish independence is stone dead; if you listen to unpopular Nicola Sturgeon making implied threats of the mythical second referendum, just give yourself a little laugh.

Just sit and go…… hehehehe!

Nicola Sturgeon has been politically neutered on independence; the issue cannot be resurrected during her tenure as SNP leader.

She will of course play the ‘angry wee Nat’ card to her supporters to win elections but they are living in a delusion.

The SNP MPs and MSPs will do solo calls to fan the flames but this is entirely meaningless, to stir people in servicing the clique.

Sturgeon has been effectively bought off; another sign of this was the Sturgeon family holidaying with the Queen.

Threats of indy 2 on the EU referendum are entirely bogus, and completely without foundation.

It all just empty hot air.

The British Government know now the ‘coast is clear’, and as the coast is clear, Britain's latest nuclear-powered submarine will soon be arriving at its new home on the Clyde.

HMS Artful is firm evidence, the independence boat has sailed, the sub is the third of the Royal Navy's new Astute class attack submarines. It is top of the line and brand new; currently going through sea trials, her home will be Scotland. The Sub is a 7,400-tonne vessel built in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, so hopefully it wouldn't leak.

So, what future for the SNP leadership now?

Downhill all the way, the new members can know, or will find out soon enough that they have betrayed, and also realise that the public have been ‘bought off’ with pennies and robbed of a future.

It is pointless to be in the Scottish National Party now, they aren’t campaigning for independence anymore; they will not be rocking the boat because they will want to cling to their tax payer funded salaries at Westminster and Holyrood.

So, as you see HMS Artful sailing up and down the Clyde, you can be sure the MoD has weighed up all the issues relating to Scottish politics and know that Faslane is a safe bet for the fleet for decades.

I totally support the nuclear fleet being in Faslane, sadly Scotland’s ‘jolly fat man’ Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon couldn’t work out that backing Faslane guaranteed Scottish sovereignty.

Their poor judgement on this issue and others were ‘key’ to the independence failure.

Salmond and Sturgeon couldn’t understand what Statehood was all about, or defence or currency or equality or justice social etc etc. The White Paper was the most expensive con trick using tax payer cash of the referendum.

And a pile of rubbish to boot!

This is the most significant indication that the SNP question has been dealt with, and a symbol that the UK is securely intact.

Even with Nicola Sturgeon at the helm in Scotland!

Yours sincerely

George Laird

The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University