So, indirectly there will be a consequence for the devolved administrations and the areas they represent.

Lottery funding that might go to Scottish good causes will be cut to help fund a huge infrastructure project to the long-term good of London.

Londoners can enjoy a huge party in 2012, the long-term benefit of the various sports buildings and Scotland can enjoy the cuts that are coming our way for the next six years! — Brian Nugent, Free Scotland Party.

I am a gay man and I have never had any “bad” experiences with the opposite sex.

I had a very healthy and happy upbringing.

I have been asked to consider donating sperm to have a child. Dundee Reader suggests I could not be a good father.

I have many friends who are gay and have children and they are young, bright kids who respect society and do not judge others as some young kids do from other families. — Live and Let Live, Dundee.

There are many same-sex couples who have afforded loving homes to children who have been badly neglected or abandoned by their heterosexual birth parents.

Study after study has shown children who grow up in same sex family environments are valued more and perform better academically than their counterparts.

Thank goodness that not everyone thinks along Dundee Reader’s lines. — Jeff Duncan, Dundee.

In an article in National Geographic Magazine in July 2004, it was reported that homosexual and bisexual activity is not unknown within the animal kingdom and went on to document the case of two male penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo who have pair-bonded for six years.

Homosexual activity has also been found among wild birds like flamingoes, Japanese macaques, bonobos (closely related to chimpanzees, which are closely related to man) and dolphins. — Townie Tam.

I watched Channel Four News recently, and it broke my heart to see a wee 18-year-old with part of his leg missing who, it seems, had just been left. They don’t look after their troops, no wonder young guys won’t join up.

Tony Blair doesn’t care. John Reid doesn’t care. No one cares for these troops, only their families who have to pick up the pieces. Bring our boys home.

I have never got over my son going to Iraq at 19 years old. They do a hard job and they do it well. We are proud of them all. — Troopers’ Supporters.

As a regular dog walker in the area, I think it is a disgrace the council supply bags free of charge to dog owners but fail to supply bins to put them in. Walkers then just throw the bags away in the grass verges. — Eric Grieve, Balunie Street, Dundee.

It was 5.30pm, so I guess they were into overtime.

I would be interested to know on what grounds parks overtime is sanctioned.

This seems to be yet another example of throwing money away that the council, or rather the council taxpayer, simply cannot afford. — Don D Mann.

Israel may act violently at times and this needs to be condemned, but what about Iran, whose president says the holocaust did not happen.

I support a fair solution for both sides. — J. N. Dundee.

Both Jack McConnell and Alex Salmond would do well to remember that this country has a sizeable English population that plays a vital part in Scottish life.

Nor should they forget the English tourist ploughs more than £3.5 billion annually into the Scottish economy. Scotland is in no position to upset them and risk losing their custom. — D. A. B.

Scotland is a separate country to England. — Jeff Duncan, Dundee.