We must safeguard our future

IT IS becoming increasingly obvious that all parties will squander the opportunities for change that now abound both here and abroad.

We are living in times of profound global change, but we still engage in a post-independence political divergence that is a distraction from the main issues.

We are now at the end of the line in terms of food and energy imports with scant ability to source these in the wake of future events, whether climatic or political.