Letters: The beauty of brick

The Union in peril

Sir: Fraser Nelson (‘The great pretender’, 15 May) writes that it has never been easier to make a bold positive case for the Union. He suggests the UK government starts to fight. Perhaps the starting point could be the benefits which flowed from 1707 — joint citizenship, a currency union, a customs union and wealth transfer — both individual and national (the Barnett dividend speaks for itself). Without the Union these would not have happened. Without the Union there is no guarantee any of these will continue. It is not Project Fear to point that out.

The sooner Scots begin to understand that retaining UK citizenship, the Barnett dividend and the security of having their state and public sector pensions paid in sterling will all be put in peril (and almost certainly lost) by ‘independence’, the better. These are the points which must be hammered home. If they are, support for ‘independence’ will fall, the SNP will not dare to press a referendum and Sturgeon will realise the game is a bogey and go off to do something else while she can.