Why nuclear weapons and Nato membership are not separate issues
I notice that Alex Salmond is trying to muddy the waters over the undignified and cynical reversal of SNP Nato policy by quoting from the Nato-Russia Founding Act ("SNP reveals plans for policy switch on Nato", The Herald, July 17).
I notice that Alex Salmond is trying to muddy the waters over the undignified and cynical reversal of SNP Nato policy by quoting from the Nato-Russia Founding Act (\"SNP reveals plans for policy switch on Nato\", The Herald, July 17).
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The quotation has absolutely nothing to do with Scotland seceding from the UK; the guarantee he speaks of applied to the former communist countries.
SNP activists, before jumping on this new pro-Nato bandwagon, should look at the Nato Strategic Concept agreed at the recent Chicago summit which would be binding on a separate Scottish state.
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Why nuclear weapons and Nato membership are not separate issues
I notice that Alex Salmond is trying to muddy the waters over the undignified and cynical reversal of SNP Nato policy by quoting from the Nato-Russia Founding Act ("SNP reveals plans for policy switch on Nato", The Herald, July 17).
The quotation has absolutely nothing to do with Scotland seceding from the UK; the guarantee he speaks of applied to the former communist countries.
SNP activists, before jumping on this new pro-Nato bandwagon, should look at the Nato Strategic Concept agreed at the recent Chicago summit which would be binding on a separate Scottish state.
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