Bible has advice for preventing conflict

Sir, - On reading about the Dundee street (May 2) where the vast majority of UK- born citizens do not consider themselves British, I found myself asking why

Perhaps the answer, at least in part, is due to unrealistic comparisons.

Nowadays, more than ever it seems, we find our nation placed in a table comparing education, business, sport or whatever.

It shouldn’t happen so much, but it does, and we believe it.

Not surprisingly, given our size, we Scots tend to perform unfavourably with our larger neighbour. Ideally we should rejoice with them in their successes, but on the contrary we are moved with rage and blame the English for thinking “we are lower than them” as one resident claimed.

The owner of the local shop went as far as to say that some Scots, in international football, support the foreign team against England.

The reason for not passing as British, the resident claimed was “only because of the English” not the Welsh.

I seriously doubt there is a political cure for our prejudice, but there is an antidote in the Bible. Jesus taught: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Stuart Wishart. 12 Walnut Grove, Blairgowrie.

Picture: Kris Miller. Lee McGregor pictured in Ballater Place, Dundee, where 99% of residents describe themselves as Scottish not British.