Time to address serious matters

Sir, - While the majority of us oppose Nicola Sturgeon’s independence ambition, there’s no denying her speech writers’ ability to express her case forcibly and with competence.

That is until now - as she claimed in her David Hume speech that there’s a clutch of secret Westminster plotters out to get us.

Ms Sturgeon’s worst nightmare after the last independence referendum was that we’d be satisfied by devolution and thus even fewer of us would support her UK break-up dreams.

So, with scant evidence except a passing comment by Ruth Davidson on the SNP’s incompetence in distributing CAP payments, she claims devolution is about to be rolled back by Westminster.

The nationalist leader glosses over that Brexit would increase Holyrood’s powers.

This is, of course, familiar Ms Sturgeon grievance territory, though this time on steroids.

Ms Sturgeon’s wild assertions suggest she’s living in La La Land. The nationalist leader would be wise to remember, that makers of that film thought they’d won the big prize but they lost out to a much more rational alternative, willing to address serious issues. Martin Redfern. 4 Royal Circus, Edinburgh.

Yet in both those votes, the First Minister played down the prospect of another independence referendum, to encourage those undecided to support them