It will be treated in much the same way as the opinion of JoséManuel Barroso, aided by his expert EU lawyers, was treated; as Bank of England expert opinion was treated; as Nato expert views were treated; the list is virtually endless. All considered views by independent experts will be dismissed out of hand and the people of this country will instead get another assertion or two from Alex Salmond or Nicola Sturgeon to fill the credibility gap. Surely the people of this country cannot be fooled any more. Anyone voting for the break-up of the UK in 2014 is perfectly entitled to do so. But to ignore the barrage of informed opinion mounting by the day would be close to criminal neglect of the future of this country. Alexander McKay New Cut Rigg Edinburgh