there is a great deal to be said for cheap air travel.visiting our fellow European cousins is now much easier.we find out they are much the same as us in many respects.not many decades ago we used to fight wars with some of our neighbours across the water.now we invade them with our wallets and holiday gear.the E.U. has also played a part in bringing us closer.it has its faults yes,but better for our young men to go to the beaches of Europe for beer and a sun tan than to fight wars.

there must be an election in the air.our main stream media is reporting with glee the faults of our current s.n.p government and highlighting their hopeless plans and cuts for the future.polls are predicting a disaster for the s.n.p. at the election.

what rarely is reported is that scotland is having its pocket money cut.the s.n.p. are a minority government and most of what they have managed to get through parliament has been with the agreement of some of the opposition parties.opposition parties are critical and obstructive at times but seem to offer little in the way constructive alternatives.which i would have thought our media would be pointing out.

political parties fortunes fluctuate as the polls seem to show.the s.n.p. is made of people from various parts of the political spectrum with the aim of an independent scotland.

is the people of scotland entitled to a vote on this?