Majority of Scots voted for unionist parties

There was an interesting pair of letters in the Courier two weeks ago from Messrs Wilson and Orr, but there are a couple of points that I will take issue with.

Firstly, as well written as both letters are, it would appear both writers have swallowed the ‘Scottish Nationalist Party Big Bumper Book Of Independence Rhetoric’ in one sitting.

Is there any sensible person out there in our country who really believes that Scotland and its people are ‘imprisoned’, or are ‘a colony’, or that we are ‘abused’, and we are somehow ‘subservient’?

No? Thought not.

There is a real world out there and I suggest that it needs to be lived in by some people.

Secondly, both writers focus their ire on Boris Johnson and the Tory party, with five mentions for each, but is there a single, solitary reference to what currency we would use in an independent Scotland?

Or how we would reduce our deficit, per capita the biggest in Europe, upon independence?

Or is there any mention of what damage to our trade with the rest of the UK – may I remind you that is where over 60 per cent of our exports go – that would surely occur upon independence?

Not one. Nary a hint or a clue.

The SNP and its supporters would surely be better served concentrating on important matters like these rather than demonising the Prime Minister of the UK at every turn.

Lastly, whilst it is beyond dispute that the vagaries of the ‘first past the post’ electoral system did indeed give the SNP a whopping 48 seats, so well done the SNP, it should also be mentioned that a mere 33 per cent of the electorate, and only 45 per cent of voters, gave their support to them, and the majority of people in Scotland voted for unionist parties.

This is proof, if any were needed, that despite Brexit and the current political climate, support for independence has not moved one iota since the 2014 referendum, which, may I remind you, the SNP lost.

The last referendum cost the taxpayer over £15 million ... I’m sure that money could be better used for education or NHS funding rather than pandering to the SNP and their faux grievances.

Michael McGeachy, Campbeltown.