We can survive and thrive

Sir, – In answer to Derek Farmer (Courier Letters, December 6) I would like to ask him a couple of questions.

Firstly, how do countries such as Norway and New Zealand, both with populations smaller than Scotland, manage without their Barnett consequentials given they are apparently essential to Scotland surviving?

Secondly, what part, if any, do those who voted for Scottish independence have to play in the future development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

It is not just the nationalists that need to move on from 2014, in my opinion.

Do I agree with everything the Scottish Government does?

Do I need to vote SNP in 2021 or be a member of the SNP because I support Scottish independence?

The answer to both

questions is no, as a Fifer who has been a groceries online delivery driver for the past six years in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

No prizes for what angers me most with regards to Scottish Government policies but if it had not been for devolution the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) would not be partly opening next week and hopefully fully operational either by Christmas or early in the New Year.

It certainly would not have been on Westminster’s list of priorities. Peter Ovenstone. 6 Orchard Grove, Peterhead.