MY daughter was recently accosted in Falkirk High Street by a lady who barked out:
"What are you voting at the referendum?' On being politely told that she was voting Yes, this lady, wearing a Better Together badge, then sneeringly informed my daughter that she was just an idiot and deserved all she got.
My own experience of canvassing for independence has on occasions meant that I've had to put up with foul language, doors have been slammed in my face, and I've even been spat on, twice, but these charmers were not voting Yes.
I suggest to Peter A Russell (Letters, August 26) that his friends may be reluctant to put up No posters because they don't want to appear negative, rather than be concerned about their windows, and if Mr Russell has evidence of damage to property, he should present his evidence to the police, and let them investigate the matter, rather than make wild accusations against the Yes campaign in The Herald Letters Pages.
Ruth Marr,
99 Grampian Road,
Stirling.
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