I did not vote for Gordon Brown but I welcome his addition to the debate on independence ("Brown might well be the Union's comeback king", The Herald, March 7).

He will bring gravitas and experience and integrity to the matter and his commitment to Scotland is not in question.

It would be best if his bit-part player part in the global financial crisis of 2008 was not laid against him, as some of us remember Alex Salmond's claim that Scotland would be a Celtic Lion in his 2008 speech at Harvard University when he cited the Arc of Prosperity of Ireland, Iceland and Norway and held up the Royal Bank of Scotland as a shining example of financial derring-do.

The time has come for the big beasts of Scottish politics and business to add to the debate.

R Russell Smith,

96 Milton Road,

Kilbirnie.

The Yes Campaign must be delighted at the prospect of Gordon Brown's possible comeback.

His input is likely to be just as flawed as his past political decisions: funding an illegal war, selling the country's gold reserves when the market was at an all time low and taxing the pension funds.

He will preach of the benefits of unity but cannot even bring himself to work with The Better Together campaign or his old colleague Alistair Darling.

David Hay,

458 Clarkston Road,

Glasgow.