James Devine

I avoided commenting on this yesterday because it was Remembrance Sunday - something quite obviously missed by the Scottish Government. Nearly 190,000 Scots have perished in the service of our country since 1914. But the self-styled Government of Scotland actively chose not to recognise this in any official comms yesterday- the day we all paused to remember them and those that fell with them for our peace, freedom and democracy. Bandi Chhor Divas is a hugely important date in the Sikh calendar. But over 83,000 Sikhs died fighting for peace and freedom in uniforms of the British Commonwealth, in both World Wars. And over 200 serve in the British Armed Forces today. A fact also ignored. The SNP Scottish Government, led by John Swinney, could have recognised both the celebration in the Sikh Calendar and our shared Remembrance of our fallen. But they didn’t. That they didn’t shows a callous disregard to history, to those that fell, their memory, their families and those still serving. And let’s face it- the SNP chose not to because those fallen were wearing the Union flag on their shoulder. It says everything you need to know about these charlatans masquerading as statesmen. They don’t speak for me. They don’t speak for a majority of Scots.