Sir, By jove, I seem to have ruffled Mr Crossan’s feathers somewhat (Letters, April 7), but at no point did I accuse him of lying.
I said two things: that he had made a basic but honest mistake of getting his currencies mixed up, and that he was distorting facts to suit his own argument. And, what do you know, he is at it again. He quotes Professor Brian Ashcroft as calculating that Scotland is: ‘Not in deficit, but in surplus to the tune of £68.5 billion.’
What Mr Crossan omits to tell you is that Professor Ashcroft was talking about a cumulative total taken over the 10-year period from 1980 to 1990.