Let’s be Frank

I noticed from your report (“Brexit: UK minister propose ‘unmonitored Irish border post”, 16 August) that, as part of the proposed post-brexit arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the UK government is suggesting that individuals living in Northern Ireland can continue to claim Irish, and consequently EU, citizenship.

Because of this, maybe it is time for the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP, to make her consent to the Great Repeal Bill, currently going through the UK parliament, conditional on the possibility for individuals living in Scotland claiming French, and consequentially EU, citizenship, subject to the approval of the French government.

Such a possibility would then be similar to when the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France existed. This began in the 13th century and culminated in 1559-1560 when both Mary Queen of Scotland and King Francis II of France were joint rulers, as a married couple, of Scotland and France. At this time, all Scots had the right to become Frenchcitizensandthefrench were able to become Scottish.

Apparently, this right was rescinded when the French Revolution occurred in 1789 but this has never been tested or confirmed in an appropriate Scottish court of law.

For Scots to be able to remain EU citizens would at least go some way to respecting what the majority of people, North of the border, voted for in the Brexit referendum.

CALUM MACKELLAR

Leith Walk, Edinburgh

Disquietingly, David Dav-

is’s “constructive ambiguity” Brexit policy has been deemed “clueless” by John Edgar (Letters, 17 August).

But all is not doom and gloom. Surely we can take some positives even from a Brexit procedure that is rapidly descending into farce.

On the bright side, it provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a new, topical version of Alice in Wonderland guaranteed to bring the house down at the Festival. All the ingredients are there. JAMES STEVENSON Drummond Avenue

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