Now is the time for Scots to escape the clutches of Westminster

‘Scottish independence would be a good thing for the English, as it might give them the impetus to do something about their ridiculous system of government.’ Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Your editorial (28 June) is right to say that “all nations are created”. I look forward to the time when Scotland will be able to recreate itself as a vibrant, self-confident social democracy, freed at last from the shackles of backward-looking rightwing Westminster governments that it never voted for.

Of course, the British political establishment will say that this project of self-renewal is wholly beyond us. It will cite what it regards as the insurmountable obstacle of the economy, as if we Scots were in perpetual need of English markets and largesse when, in fact, readmission to the EU beckons, outside of which England has become a sinking ship.