Alasdair Allan

Dr Alasdair Allan is a past National Secretary of the SNP and the MSP for Na h-Eileanan Siar.

'It's time for independence - that is what I have believed since before I can remember.

In fact, I've never really been able to take seriously the arguments against independence. Those arguments are all based on the assumption that the Scots, uniquely among the peoples of the world, are incapable of making their country better.

Independence, by contrast, is the most positive idea in Scottish politics because it's based on the belief that the Scots are no better - but just as good - as every other people.

It's an idea whose time has come.'