Read the report

I suspect that Richard Allison (Letters, 29 May) hasn’t read Scotland’s Future White Paper or Andrew Wilson’s Growth Commission report. While they are both substantial pieces of work, the Growth Commission concentrated on the economy and, having studied various perfectly feasible options, has come up with 50 recommendations which will help form the debate in the months ahead.

For example, our four nearest Nordic neighbours all have their own currency – including Iceland, with a population smaller than Edinburgh – and all have much better rates of economic growth than the UK.

The next independence referendum will offer a choice of two futures. The record of successive Westminster governments is deplorable; from squandering our oil revenues to running up a national debt of £1.8 trillion, while creating one of the most unequal societies in Europe, together with one of the most unbalanced economies, whereby London flourishes through government investment at the expense of every other region and nation in the UK.

With Scotland’s economy set to be up to 9 per cent worse off after Brexit, independence is still a better prospect than carrying on with the status quo and Scotland has all the ingredients to be a successful nation. After independence, voters will choose how they want to start a new country and shape its future direction.

While opponents will attack the Growth Commission report, it would be more constructive to read their vision for a self-governing Scotland, as they wouldn’t want to be as unprepared as the UK Government was over Brexit.

MARY THOMAS Watson Crescent, Edinburgh