Independence not priority for Scots public
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has received more letters and e-mails about the Middle East from the public than Scottish independence it has been revealed.
A written answer in Holyrood has shown that independence and the National Conversation are only the fourth most popular subject of correspondence to Mr Salmond, with just 71 letters.
The top three categories were banks 131, friendly societies 87 and the Middle East 84. All three subjects are reserved issues for which he has no responsibility.
The figures came in a written answer to Liberal Democrat MSP Jeremy Purvis who said that it raised a question over the money spent on the National Conversation, the Scottish Government's three-year survey on independence.
"It says something that more Scots felt moved to write to the First Minister about the plight of Palestine than independence for Scotland," he said.
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