AFTER Neil Mackay's skewed attempt to attach Shakespeare's Macbeth to the latest moves within the SNP (“Swinney must beware the ruthless ambition of his Westminster chief”, The Herald, November 14), it was a huge relief to read Kevin McKenna's article today ("Flynn is the SNP's last chance: let the bloodletting begin", The Herald, November 19). In my opinion , his account of Stephen Flynn, the SNP and the Yes movement is exactly correct. I hope Mr Flynn, Kate Forbes and Joanna Cherry all take heed of his analysis and work together towards the 2026 Holyrood election, reconnecting the SNP with the Yes movement - especially the other parties who support independence which were so stupidly and destructively rejected by SNP leadership on the way.
For Scotland's safety, against the centralised power of this London Government, flailing as it is amid international disgrace as a supporter of genocide, privatised and broken public services, economic failure, environmentally disastrous energy decisions, we need very tough, sharp, effective personalities to expose and fend off the worst effects of UK Labour's political duplicity. In such dangerous times, Scotland's best chance lies in protecting Holyrood, which is already under attack from Labour controllers in the so-called Scottish Office; like Mr McKenna, Stephen Flynn has simply confronted the fact that this won't happen in the cynical pantomime that is the discredited House of Commons, where constitutional law and international .