Unionist challenge

What a pity that Andrew HN Gray (Letters, 8 October) would like to see our First Minister Alex Salmond remove himself to Tierra del Fuego.

Mr Salmond and his excellent team have striven to keep the unemployment rate lower than in the rest of the UK and continue to attract inward investment – as in the potential 500 new jobs to be created by Swiss banking software company Avaloq.

So far Mr Salmond’s “raving” is having positive results, despite an ever-decreasing budget. If Mr Gray would like to see a return of “stability” to the “body politic in Scotland”, he should persuade the leaders (if there are any) of the unionist parties to take a break in Tierra del Fuego until they discover the meaning of decent, constructive opposition.

BILL McLEAN

Rosemill Court, Newmills, Dunfermline, Fife