RUTH Davidson’s criticism of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is beyond hypocritical. She will say anything to get a cheap headline and a vote. She is a vacuous politician. An advertising composite. An empty shoebox.

Only last week Tory Governor General David Mundell was serenading the President when he came to Scotland. At the same time Trump was reportedly whining about how he hates the First Minster and all the Tories weighed in on Trump’s side.

Earlier this year Vladmir Putin’s ex-finance minister Vladimir Chernukin gave £20,000 to Tory party coffers, and Mr Chernukin’s wife got to dine with Ruth Davidson.

In 2014 during the BBC’s Big Referendum at the SSE Hydro, Ruth Davidson shared a platform with George Galloway. Galloway at the time had his own show on the Kremlin-funded RT Channel.

Ruth Davidson is an utterly preposterous individual. She is the ultimate embodiment of the style over content politican.

Alan Hinnrichs
Dundee

WITH reference to Andrew Learmonth’s article on Ruth Davidson (Davidson attacks Trump, Putin and Salmond following Helsinki summit, July 19), I wish only to substitute a few words in a section of her Scotsman article which I then found quite amusing. My version is contained in brackets:

Mr Trump’s (Ms Davidson’s) narrow vision of America (United Kingdom) – blustering, boastful and bullying – simply doesn’t relate to reality. Mr Trump (Ms Davidson) wants to have us believe there is only one America (United Kingdom) – his (hers). He (she) is wrong – and we should never forget it. America (United Kingdom) does not conform to Mr Trump’s (Ms Davidson’s) small and insular vision of it, nor does it have need of being great again: it is already a hotbed of intellectual, cultural and technological greatness.”

Douglas Stanley
Ayr

IT is so important to remember Niemoller’s message as quoted in Selma Rahman’s letter (Letters, July 18). We must also speak out when words are twisted.

An interview with Sebastian Gorka is also highlighted, where he cited Judeo-Christian values as a uniting factor for Trump followers.

The first great commandment is to love God, which is for believers and would be a private matter for said followers. The second, equally important, is to “love your neighbour as yourself” and that is relevant to all people.

Looking back at Trump’s own words, as collected by Mhairi Black (Expose the real Donald Trump using his own words, July 14), it’s hard to find much that fits!

Let us keep challenging misrepresentation and misuse of power wherever it appears.

Shirley Robins
Dunoon