THE highly amusing but deeply pertinent piece by Shona Craven (The Queen is not amused at Cameron’s blabbing ... but did he miss a trick?, September 20), highlights the utter panic the Tory government found itself in a week before the 2014 independent referendum.

This produced the “Vow” promising Scotland anything from home rule to federal status, as the three Unionist party leaders rushed to Scotland heralded by the ranting of a demented Gordon Brown!

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One has to ask why Westminster has this fervour to hold on to poor wee Scotland? It is perhaps to prevent the final break-up of the imperial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

Well not entirely, it is simply money, money, money! With the exception of the City of London’s wealth, Scotland undoubtedly is the most prosperous part of the UK in terms of the rich revenues that flow into the coffers of Westminster each year.

Grant Frazer
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