When it comes to poetry, Mr Paxman, you're a coof and even a gowk

Alex Gallagher (Letters, August 14) suggests I am "over-sensitive" about the emotive and vitriolic words employed by unionists when considering Scotland's independence. I can reassure him that I am merely amused at the lengths to which unionist politicians and others will go in an attempt to portray this in such a negative light and thereby cause unnecessary fear. Such insults abounded in the many fruitless visits of Westminster politicians during the Scottish election in May 2007.