25 OCTOBER 2008, Page 25

Irritated by Nats

Sir: The SNP does seem to get between Charles Moore and his peace of mind (The Spectator’s Notes, 18 October). But would he not agree that the oil revenues would have been of inestimably better use to everyone in Britain in a Scottish Oil Fund than being spent to further the vanities and ambitions of an increasingly rascally and third-rate political class?

Gordon McNeill

Largs, Ayrshire