Risky gamble

By The Newsroom

Published 14th May 2013, 01:00 BST

For a country to be truly  independent, it has to have its own currency, and Ron Rankin (Letters, 13 May) is correct to point out the disadvantages of choosing the perilous US dollar.

Unless this position is clear on the day, any question containing the word “independent” would be wrong because the referendum would not be about independence at all, but about a voyage of chance on a sea of  uncertainty, in a boat without an engine.

Malcolm Parkin

Gamekeepers Road

Kinnesswood, Kinross