The Invisibles

In his quaint weekly take/spin on the politics of Brexit, Brian Monteith states, referring to the prospect of a government of national unity: “Where would be the unity in having a government that is against the will of the people?” He goes on to say: “Where would be the unity in having a government that in its conceiving agreed to a Scottish referendum that Scotland’s people do not want?”

So there you have it. The 16 million-plus voters who wanted to remain in the European Union, including the 62 per cent in Scotland and the around 50 per cent of the population who want independence, do not exist. We are nonpeople. Mr Monteith’s regular distortion of the reality of the political situation in Scotland does help us to understand why he chose not to chase his Brexit party ambitions here, but it would be helpful for readers were he able to frame his opinions without meaningless and repetitive mantras.

However, as chief whip of a party which helped win the EU referendum through xenophobic scaremongering, that would perhaps be too much to hope for.

GILL TURNER Derby Street , Edinburgh

As I sit listening to Boris Johnson on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning, I can only conclude that this PM is either suffering from severe amnesia or I am on a different planet. I quote the PM: “the

Tory party is the oldest party and we do not do deals.”

So the Liberal Democrats and the DUP have never existed in this parallel universe or thepmdoeshavesomeserious problems on top of the political issues.

JOHN CUTLAND Montgomery Street, Kirkcaldy