Alex Salmond says ??Liz Lochhead distances herself from the 55 per cent of the country who voted No?? in the referendum (Letters, December 4).

Alex Salmond says ??Liz Lochhead distances herself from the 55 per cent of the country who voted No?? in the referendum (Letters, December 4).

The reality is that the figures of 44.7 per cent for independence and 55.3 per cent against are percentages of the 84.6 per cent (3,619,914) of the country who did vote and do not take account of the other 15.4 per cent in the country who did not.

Of all those eligible to vote in the referendum (4,278,858) 37.8 per cent voted for independence whilst 62.2 per cent did not vote for independence.

These figures, statistically; show that the vote for independence was not as decisive as it is made out to be.

Brian D MacDonald,

Westbrae Cottage,

Gartmore,

The Trossachs.

I hope the Makar is hale and hearty,

How can she no join a political party?

She won??t lose any of my respect,

And I hope she is never politically correct,

Me you canny convince,

That this isn??t a load of mince.

Michael Watson,

74 Wardlaw Avenue,

Rutherglen,

Glasgow.