Letter: Marital split

I AM grateful that Thomas Steuart Fothringham believes it is good to share (Letters, 12 January). To continue the analogy, I share my house with my wife.

However, I wouldn't think much of her if, because of black gold being discovered under her side of the marital bed, she decided to seek a divorce and end our union.

Similarly, sharing an island is like sharing a house.

Dividing people that share that island seems to me a regressive move.

As the terms Scottish and English are purely geographic, they should be kept, but the boundary between them on the Tweed/Solway line should not become a barrier.

So long as it remains a democracy i.e. each adult with one vote, our house, for the vast majority on this island, will remain the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Colin Wilson

Arnothill Court

Falkirk