Letter: Colonial question

Joan McAlpine (Comment, 1 September) does well to draw wider attention to the crude anti-Scottish sentiments expressed on Radio 4's Any Questions on 20 August.

The venom and ignorance of these remarks - supinely chaired by a "Scot", Eddie Mair - and warmly applauded, even made one of the panel nervously interject: "But we love your Scottish mountains!"

That's all right then. Once Scotland's value as recreational theme-park, jobs and energy resource is perceived as less worth exploiting, this colony will be cut loose by England. A glance at the history of perfidious Albion makes that certain.

Bring it (copyright Wendy Alexander) on.

David Roche

Forest Way

Blairgowrie