I was heavily involved in the pro-Union campaign in the first referendum and the public do not want a return to the division and uncertainty of that period.
But Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will seek parliamentary approval next week to stage a repeat vote on breaking up the UK.
The last thing our country needs at the moment is another independence referendum and a return to the division and uncertainty of 2014.
The polls tell us a majority of people in Scotland simply do not want to go through this again and what they want to see is a Scottish Government focused on education, health and the economy.
Our business community needs stability, particularly given the problems caused by the downturn in oil and gas here in the North-east.
Our fishermen voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU and certainly won’t want to be dragged back in by an SNP government that wants to be tied to Brussels.
Our farmers will face the prospect of different regulatory systems north and south of the border and the prospect of increased costs to trade with the rest of the UK.
It makes no sense at all to tackle the challenges of leaving the EU by leaving the UK, with which Scotland does four times as much trade.
This is all about Nicola Sturgeon and her obsession with independence at all costs.
She is no longer governing for the people of Scotland, she is only concerned with those who support her aim of destroying the UK.
The Scottish Conservatives will vote against any attempt next week to call another referendum.
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