UK record dire

In the same week that charities announce that more than 20 million meals have been handed out at food banks in the last year he asks us: “What is the problem that demands such high-risk  surgery?”

This perhaps tells us a lot about a Labour Party that is virtually indistinguishable from the Tory Party on virtually every issue.

The reality of course is that on every long-term social and economic measure the UK’s ranking versus other developed nations is abysmal.

Whether it’s social inequality, social mobility, levels of state pension, minimum wage levels, under-fives’ death rates, productivity or business investment, the UK sits at or near the bottom of international tables.

This goes a long way to explaining the negative, scaremongering messages coming from the Better Together campaign. Its campaign is negative because it has nothing positive to tell us.

Andrew S R Gordon

Craiglockhart View

Edinburgh