No Brexit worries

We heard last week from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research that leaving the European Union would result in a £70 billion decrease in our GDP growth.

In May 2016, the Treasury put out a paper on the economic impact of leaving. It stated that within two years of voting to leave we would have lost 3.6 per cent of our GDP in the best case, which is equivalent to a £95.4bn decline. The worst case scenario was a 6 per cent decrease of £159bn.

During that period we grew by 3.6 per cent, meaning that the Treasury forecasts were wrong by a margin of £191bn to £254.4bn.

I look forward to the productive and innovative people of this country proving them wrong once again.

TOM WALKER Fountain Place, Loanhead

I refer to James Watson’s letter (4 November) in which he opines that, in assessing election results, it is neither honest nor numerate to simply add non-voters to your cause. He continues by stating that, if one followed a similar logic, there was an overwhelming voice against independence in the last referendum for Scotland separating from Britain.

Whilst agreeing with the general premise, is he seriously suggesting that there was a single member of the electorate in favour of independence who did not record their vote at that referendum?

As I see it, those in favour of independence are, at best, obsessive and, at worst, fanatical in support of their cause. With respect, it makes perfect logic to deduce that the silent majority were indeed an overwhelming voice against independence.

DAVID EDGAR

Main Street Symington,biggar