Leap in the dark already taken

Sir, - One has to marvel at recent unionist claims that a second independence referendum would be a “leap in the dark”.

Are they unaware that we have already had our leap in the dark? It is called Brexit. Just to remind them. It was when the electorate was sold a pig in a poke through a campaign won in England by xenophobia and false claims about the cost of EU membership.

In the aftermath, Labour threw in the towel and Scotland’s voice was ignored as usual.

Do these people really wish to remain under the perpetual control of a right-wing government in a system in which, in the words of Ken Loach: “the most vulnerable and poorest are treated with a callous brutality…that extends to keeping out refugee children we promised to help?”

Admittedly, our Prime Minister deserves high praise from her backbenchers for fulfilling their dearest wish to “take our country back”.

She is taking it back to the Dickensian era.

Hard Brexit means hard times. James Stevenson. Drummond Avenue, Auchterarder