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It just ties in with the aggressive populist politics that we are witnessing almost on a daily basis ritchie. Btw I'll just reiterate my huge opposition to the use of WMDs as do all members of my family for lotsa reasons incl the biggest one that nobody has any god given right to use such despicable weapons of mass destruction to knowingly kill millions of innocent people and to achieve what???? Revenge, deterrence???? No winners in this kinda game AND IT IS MORALLY AND ETHICALLY WRONG!!! That is why there is a growing list of countries that are trying to reverse the proliferation of said WMDs. Even the "father of the atomic bomb", Robert Offenheimer, expressed deep regret in ever producing this horrible weapon of mass destruction and no f###### wonder. Was it sheer guilt and remorse after realising what he'd been party to creating such a horrific piece of military ordnance? One can quickly refer to past WWII video footage of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to appreciate how abhorrent it really is in what I regard as a war crime of the worst kind and many war veterans, incl my father, never forgave the US for carrying out that despicable act against a civilian population no matter what the justification. May I also add that my father-in-law, who we lost to COVID in Dec last year, did part of his naval service on the Trident sub, Repulse. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TOO AND WAS ONE OF THE 85% OF THE PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND WHO ARE AGAINST ITS USE AND ITS DEPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND. Yep, it is a reserved matter but we know how to sort that out and endorse the proper values of a small country like Scotland - one that is friendly and outward looking, internationalist and embracing a pluralist society and forward thinking pragmatic form of governance. And definitely not a war monger!!! Just compare our Bella Caledonia with the austerity and Brexit damage on the UK, a smaller, meaner and lonelier country full of isolationists. In recent times I'm listening to a lotta rhetorical shit re the negative side of the nationalist movement but in reality the real nasty, divisive nats aren't in the Scotindy movement, a peaceful movement btw and it always has been a peaceful movement to push for self-determination - that, together with the unity of all indy factions, is its strength!! The nasty, divisive nats are clearly in the Conservative and Unionist Party and Brexit movement, both allied to the worst elements of English nationalism. Scotland can only do better, and it must!! And btw when Scotland becomes independent there is no foreign govt/country on this planet that will wanna nuke our wonderful nation because there will be no great reason to do it - WE ARE NOT WAR MONGERS AND NEVER WERE OF THAT ILK!!