Why wait to wave goodbye?

Sir, – It is heartening to read that even life-long Tory voters like John Cameron (Letters, June 11) are beginning to realise the lunatics are in charge of the Westminster asylum.

Is it finally time for the Scottish Conservative branch office to break away from the toxic London Conservatives? This will happen automatically when Scotland gets independence, but why wait till then? Andrew Collins. Skinners Steps, Cupar.

Employment, education and tourism opportunities provided by reinstating the rail link will be much more easily available both to our local people and visitors, helping to return prosperity to an area that has been battered for 50 years by economic and social turbulence