Over the years I have made many Scottish friends – indeed my best friend as a boy was a Scot and proud of it.

As a teenager he played the bagpipes, often driving his parents to distraction and prior to emigrating to Canada, he served with the Seaforth Highlanders.

I have visited Scotland and worked with Scots for the collective good of my business. There have been differences of opinion with those I have met from time to time, but the bond between us has been strong and there has never been any suggestion of going our separate ways.

So how is it that Nationalists always seem to spend their time creating divisions where none exist – is it because they have a different agenda?

It saddens me to watch attempts being made to tear the UK into pieces: as with divorces, politicians are exploiting bitterness, distorting facts and scaremongering. To add insult to injury, they have introduced disingenuous reasons to involve inexperienced youngsters in their dirty game.

It sticks in my craw to witness the volatile Gordon Brown and other members of his party rushing around like headless chickens seeking to preserve their political status.

He led a ‘failed’ administration – so why should he be trusted? Indeed, wasn’t his party responsible for the growing divisions south of the border?

In its quest to secure votes it promoted multiculturalism, which has seen the growth of areas where the inhabitants live separate lives according to their own customs. How long before they seek to ‘break away’ from the country that gave them sanctuary, against a background where some sections of the community are already promoting regional divisions? We are living in uncertain times. Large sections of the globe are in turmoil; the US is losing credibility. In its current form the EU offers an uncertain future and we will be bombarded with politics promoting ever-increasing divisions in society as we approach the General Election.

If there was ever a time that we should remain united, surely it must be now.

Neil Kelly Tredcroft Road Hove