What the Dickens

Nicola Sturgeon and her finance secretary, Derek Mackay, have certainly raised some hackles amongst Scotland’s taxpayers.

Firstly they have encouraged Councils to introduce a WPL – workplace parking levy – which in some instances may cost commuters £500 per annum for a parking space at work.

Furthermore, there is their decision in the Scottish budget to make taxpayers fork out higher rates of income tax than those paid in the rest of the UK.

And of course, this is only a taster for what could happen if the electorate of Scotland were ever to vote for “independence”! Methinks it could be shades of Dickens Hard Times’.

With just slightly more than two million Income Taxpayers, and a fairly limited amount of Corporation Tax receipts, Scotland, as an independent country, would be hard-pressed to cope economically. The SERPS figures published already indicate the problems faced. So why should any clear-thinking Scot even think about voting for independence from the UK?

I am fairly certain any second referendum on independence, if the holding of such an event is ever legally agreed with the UK Government, would result in another defeat for the Nationalists, and on an even

greater scale than in 2014. So why bother?

ROBERT IG SCOTT Northfield, Ceres, Fife