Who controls our destiny?

How can Scotland take full control of her own destiny if she is a part of the increasingly undemocratic European Union? That is the question Calton is asking himself after reading excerpts from Alex Salmond's New Year Message on The Scotsman's website. He is also rather worried about the reference to 'the UK’s counter-productive obsession with austerity'. That sounds to Calton rather like the First Minister has jumped on Labour's bandwagon, which, as we all know, is called 'spending our way out of debt'. Of course, if we do become independent and part of Europe, we will soon find that this is not an option, just as spending their way out of debt is not an option for Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Calton wonders if Herr Salmond has realised this yet. Probably not. Hence item 3 on Calton's 2012 wishlist.