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The tactic of the Scottish Tories has been to attempt to destroy the credibility of the parliament at Holyrood

Letters Attempting to make devolution work is a political dead-end

LAST week’s decision to ditch the Greens in such a brutal manner before they potentially made the decision themselves to end the Bute House Agreement was probably the wrong decision. Humza and his “advisors” failed to consider the badly bruised ego’s thirst for revenge, and at best it was a decision made through political naivety. However, every crisis provides an opportunity.

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The former Finance Secretary has said she has 'a lot of support' in the SNP as she considers entering the leadership race

Letters Social conservative Kate Forbes is not the leader the SNP need

YOU report that Kate Forbes “breaks silence”. Well, her silence didn’t last long. She claims she is thinking about what is best for “the party, the country, and my family”. Neither the party nor the country needs a “social conservative” (I find her conservative in her values and beliefs and, like all too many politicians, dishonest with it).

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The Reform UK leader was pontificating on the Daily Politics show

Letters Does Reform UK's Richard Tice believe the UK should take no refugees?
ON Monday I heard Richard Tice of Reform UK pontificate on the Daily Politics show by repeating the mantra that those crossing the Channel in small boats should all be returned to France, as it is a safe country. I am rapidly reaching the limits of frustration and anger with this argument that they should stay in the first safe country the come to, before I resort to throwing something at the TV!

The Scottish Conservative leader claims he wishes to see respectful collaboration at Holyrood

Letters Douglas Ross has no right to complain about ‘division and chaos’
WHILE the BBC enjoyed a feeding frenzy on Humza Yousaf’s demise as First Minister – with journalists from across its UK network descending on Scotland to join local reporters for the feast – honest, objective, professional reporting was another significant casualty.

There is confusion about how lorries will be monitored between Dover and its control post

Letters Farcical situation as new post-Brexit border checks begin
CHECKS on food entering the UK from the EU have begun today. This sees the ludicrous situation of lorries having to travel 22 miles from Dover to border control posts at Sevington, located on the outskirts of Ashford in Kent.

The outgoing FM could have fought an election on a platform of delivering independence

Letters Humza Yousaf should have taken on Unionists and fought an election

I’M distressed that Humza Yousaf has resigned as First Minister and leader of the SNP. I’m even more distressed that he didn’t take on the Unionists and fight a Holyrood election campaigning on the delivery of independence by instructing our MPs to dissolve the Union following a successful vote.

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Is former SNP leader John Swinney set to become FM?

Letters A 'new broom', not more continuity, is what the SNP need right now

THE efforts of the “SNP establishment” to slot John Swinney into the head political job in Scotland shows what little they have learned from recent events.

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Public health minister Jenny Minto faced questions about the government's response

Letters Scottish Government can’t keep dodging questions about the Cass report
WHILE visiting Holyrood last week to witness the ill-conceived bourach of legislation that is the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill, I got an important alert about an equally important issue.

Campaigners protest outside Westminster ahead of a debate in the House of Commons on assisted dying

Letters Privileged MPs will decide whether assisted dying is an option
WITH the NHS on its knees due to deliberate underfunding for decades, whilst billions are spent on bombs and armaments each and every month, does anyone else think how absolutely absurd it is that wealthy snobs in Westminster, all with private medical insurance, are allowed to debate the rights of assisted dying for the common people, the vast majority of whom can only dream of being able to afford the luxury of private medical insurance ?

Humza Yousaf wrote to the leaders of Labour, the Liberals, the Greens and even the Tories, asking for their support

Letters The Greens must not be allowed to decide who will lead the SNP

AS an SNP member I never thought I would live to see the day that an embattled SNP First Minister would be writing begging letters to the Labour, Liberal, Green and even Tory party leaders, asking for support, while ignoring the potential support of a former SNP minister and former SNP leadership candidate. I hope whoever becomes the new First Minister does not repeat this exercise. I dread to think what would be the price of Tory support to prop up an SNP government for the next two years.

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