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Pol Yates complains about the results of the 2014 independence referendum and the 2016 Brexit referendum (Letters, 23 May). But both were examples of democracy.

If the only legitimate way to achieve Scottish independence is via a referendum which requires the permission of the UK Government then it is not going to happen, as neither of the main Westminster parties will grant it unless it is absolutely clear that the nationalists would not win.

Letter writer says there is no reason to default on U.S. debt

You report that Sir Keir Starmer says that voting reform is not one of his priorities (14 May).

Your columnist Alexander Brown says “...the SNP are not the only party that could play a role enabling a Labour government” and adds that Ed Davey’s Lib Dems are holding their cards close to their chests, while Stephen Flynn has note-0 hinted at the possibility of supporting Labour without the promise of an immediate referendum.

Three cheers to Kate Copstick for her article “Don’t ‘feel’ traumatised, get out and do something” (Perspective, 17 May).

They spent five hours cleaning Breezy Point couple's yard on Day of Caring

I have been watching the energy debate withnote-0 ever-mountingnote-1 exasperation. On the one hand, we have the Government trying to persuade us to “invest” in noisy, inefficient heat pumps and, on the other, the SNP trying to cover Scotland with Chinese-built wind turbines, which are also vastly expensive, blotting the landscape, killing wildlife and requiring a subsidy when it’s too windy for them to operate.

Students help clean up Crosslake Area Historical Society’s Historic Log Village grounds

As a former MEP I am appalled at the lack of debate over Britain sending cruise missiles to Ukraine with the potential to strike Russia and provoke anote-0 nuclear war in which Scotland, with its nuclear base at Faslane, would be anote-1 target.