Oilpriceclaims

I am not sure what point on oil prices David Rice (Letters, 19 September) is trying to make, as in 2014 the Paris-based OECD forecast that oil prices would rise throughout the rest of the decade up to $190 by 2020.

Prior to the referendum most forecast over $100 a barrel and David Cameron claimed an extra $200 billion in oil production if we voted No. With current prices at almost $80 and production costs halved since 2014, analysts say that oil companies in the North Sea are now making more profits when compared to 2014.

It is utter tosh for Tory organisations to claim that Scotland would be eight times worse off with independence than Brexit as the EU economy is significantly larger than the UK’S.

Unionist pundits have to explain why the UK is desperate for no border controls in Ireland but think tariffs should be imposed on an independent Scotland which is England’s fourth largest export market.

Despite voting to Remain, the UK government has ignored our distinctive interests in the Brexit negotiations and Scotland staying in the EU as an independent nation is a better option than decades of austerity we face as part of an isolated UK.

By Western European standards Scotland is a wealthy country, with a GDP per head greater than France or Germany’s,

which shows that with the right government policies we will be better off without London control.

FRASER GRANT Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh