Threat of independent Scotland underrated

I write as a concerned UK national living in Scotland with family and commercial interests in Scotland and England.

The threat of an independent Scotland is very real and it seems, greatly underrated.

It is difficult to see how economic trading for north and south divisions of SMES would be viable if there were a UK border, a different currency and taxation.

For ourselves, and no doubt many others, relocating the Scottish section of the business and moving south would be the likely outcome. No benefit to the English economy but a loss of a business and three households to Scotland.

Leaflets recently received from political parties dwell mainly on (uncosted) initiatives but have little reference to the effect of national independence. The claim from the leader of the SNP a few days ago was “Scottish people can best make decisions for Scotland”.

An appeal to Scottish nationalism but ignoring the financial dependence on English funding. I will leave it to others better qualified to ask pertinent questions regarding the misapplication of Westminster funding!

Scotland does not lack intelligent thinking persons but I have not read or heard one single person display statesmanship in the political arena. Division of the UK would leave both sides poorer and weaker, both economically and in national security. The northern English border would present easy access to unfriendly powers.

“Protection of our nationals” has been the excuse for foreign intervention from Nazi incursions in Europe in 1939 to Russia in the Crimea in recent times.

Wake up Scotland to what is happening!

RICHARD SMERDON Craigfoot Walk, Kirkcaldy