Sir, The recent visit to Scotland by the three Westminster stooges (David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg), with the claims of their love for Scotland and promises of further devolution left me with a feeling of stunned bemusement.
For decades, Westminster governments of all parties have held Scotland down and picked our pockets, all the while spinning the lie that Scotland is subsidised within the UK and can’t afford to be independent. Even David Cameron, in the face of the evidence, was forced to admit this wasn’t true and has stated Scotland could succeed as an independent country.
So are we really to believe all this nonsense about how Mr Cameron and the other Westminster leaders love Scotland and want to give us more powers? If so then why have they waited till the last minute and why did they oppose a devo-max option on the ballot paper?
It was merely an act of desperation caused by Yes going marginally ahead in a You Gov poll. They don’t actually care about Scotland; they just care about holding on to our resources and being able to use us as a nuclear weapons storage facility.
Besides, the few extra powers they are proposing are worthless without the financial control only independence can bring.
I’m not saying everything will be perfect after a yes vote (after all, we’ll still have politicians in charge) but we’ll have the opportunity to make things better than they are now. We’ll have a government more accountable to the people of Scotland, able to use the vast resources of Scotland in the interests of Scotland.
That’s why I will choose to put my mark in the yes box on Thursday and I urge anyone reading this to dothe same.
Aaron Ginter. 3 Cairnie Crescent, St Madoes, Perth.
Albion, tricks and perfidy
Sir, I am confused. We have been love-bombed and love-lettered by so-called “celebrities” and David Cameron’s heart will break if we vote yes.
It would bring a tear to a glass eye, but it is clear the UK Government and the bloke in the English saloon bar will be vindictive and wish to “punish” the Scots for threatening the Union if we vote no.
The crazy refusal to share the pound may be a bluff but it has been effective in creating fear, and the mood in England is that the Jocks should get no more “concessions”.
If the Union parties can cobble together a“devo-more” package (having refused to allow iton the ballot), it may wellnot get through the new Westminster parliamentnext year. Tory backwoodsmen and UKIP members will gang up to block it. Then the leaders of the three “main” parties will mock-sorrowfully wash their hands of it and say “we tried”.
Perfidious Albion is a past master at sleekit tricks.
So, I don’t feel the love; I feel bullied and angry and I’m voting yes.
David Roche. Hill House, Coupar Angus.
Price claims are of little value
Sir, Alex Salmond and the yes campaign are now complaining that supermarkets are scaringus all by letting peopleknow that they may have to charge different prices in Scotland than outlets in England do.
They must be easily scared or perhaps it is confusion? Do they not understand that prices can vary in different countries? Norway often an SNP favourite as a comparison country charges £6.50 for a can of beer, more in Iceland. Perhaps Mr Salmond will introduce price legislation to dictate that supermarkets in Scotland must follow exactly the same prices in England. If so, good luck with that panic measure.
Or, perhaps, he would recommend a no vote, to ensure we do have nationwide pricing. It certainly is a quicker and cheaper option.
Iain MacDonald. 41A Highfield Place, Dundee.
Fair City offers future glimpse
Sir, If you are in any doubt which way to vote on Thursday, just take a look around Perth. The debacle over the City Hall, St Paul’s Kirk, the sale of Perth Harbour, the state of the North Inch Golf course and the endless number of empty shops. All under an SNP administration.
If this is how they look after a city, just think what they can do to a whole country. It doesn’t bear thinking about.
Brian Falconer. 30 Market Court, Perth.
Does bell toll for no voters?
Sir, Jim Sillers, campaigning for a yes vote, has boasted that there will be “a day of reckoning” should the yes camp win.
The oil giant BP would be nationalised and businesses which spoke out against independence would be targeted.
I wondered why Scotland now has only one police force and why officers were given firearms without parliamentary consent. Could there be something more sinister afoot and those who campaigned for a no vote will be visited.
Sorry, must leave you, the doorbell is ringing.
Dan Arnott. St Brycedale Court, Kirkcaldy.