Concentrate on public transport

Sir, – There is a reason why Alesund in Norway probably copes with the amount of snow we have just had better than its twin town of Peterhead.

It is probably the same type of reason that Norway was top of the Winter Olympics medal table, in that they have to deal with this amount of snow, and more, every winter or life would grind to a halt if they did not.

We would have the Scottish Conservatives up in arms if the middle classes had to pay extra tax for equipment that would probably be needed once a decade or so.

We therefore have to deal with it as best we can and understand what is and is not essential.

We have not yet developed gritters that can go through miles of stationary traffic, and having unnecessary traffic on the road does not help.

Thankfully, someone like my daughter, Bethany, born in Alesund rather than Peterhead, will also benefit from a Sovereign Oil Wealth Fund.

There will be people who think that not having a UK Sovereign Oil Wealth Fund is a price worth paying to stop Scottish independence. I am not one of them.

It would be good if we could concentrate on improving our public transport system north of the central belt of Scotland, rather than having a referendum on EU membership or Scottish independence any time soon.

Peter Ovenstone. 6 Orchard Grove, Peterhead.