Future potential

Joyce McMillan (Perspective, 28 June) is correct in quoting Joe Strummer, that the future is unwritten (in relation to an independent Scotland), ie we can make of it what we will.

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Jun 2013, 01:00 BST

However, according to Joyce, this only seems to apply to Scotland, and not to Britain. The future of the UK is also unwritten, and we can make of this what we will.

To break the Union  because you don’t like the  current bunch of politicians is shortsighted in the extreme; history shows us the UK is capable of great radical change.

William Ballantine

Bo’ness, West Lothian