Stushie now stoking anti-Scottish sentiment

Calton does not think that the debate on independence is advanced by dubbing those who oppose the SNP's referendum plans as 'anti-Scottish'. Rookie MSP Joan McAlpine really needs to be reined in by her party, otherwise the whole discussion on Scotland's future will descend into the saltire-waving emotionalism described in the article referred to yesterday, which is not a good basis on which to make such an important decision. Of course that may be exactly what Alex Salmond wants. Independence at any price, whether or not the economic arguments stack up or the consequences have been thought through. It's certainly beginning to look like that, given the deafening silence from the SNP leadership regarding Ms McAlpine's comments on Thursday.