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Keir Starmer welcomed Natalie Elphicke into his Labour Party despite her past pronouncements

LETTERS The SNP should take advantage of Labour’s own goal
AS an ex-Labour voter, of many, many moons ago (until I quite rightly saw the light, like so many current SNP supporters, that used to vote Labour), this past week has been, well, totally mental, as they say! I reckon Keir Starmer has now most definitely lost the plot. In five minutes flat, he’s turned from being a staunch Remainer to someone now afraid to upset anyone that voted for Brexit. But, hey, that’s not, in itself, enough to get the juices of The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Ex

The trends are grim for Scotland under the Barnett formula

LETTERS Sterling would plummet if Scotland left UK – but Barnett is crippling us
EVERY Unionist politician must be anti-Scottish. If not, what is it that they think makes Scotland unique among all European countries, with similar sized populations, in being incapable of performing better than the UK?

We should not be surprised at Rishi Sunak calling the Scottish independence movement ‘extremist’ given the influence of the Unionist populist press

LETTERS Power of the Unionist populist press should not be underestimated
WHY are we so surprised at Rishi Sunak announcing that the Scottish independence movement is extremist?

The housing crisis will not be resolved by grandiose statements of recognition

LETTERS There’s an opportunity here to make a real win for the Yes case

THE now apparently routine labelling of anything governments can’t work out a solution for as “emergencies” is beginning to smack of the same sort of distraction as the use of the words “supercharge” and “superpower” to describe vague statements designed to camouflage the fact that a policy is simply fluff.

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Kate Forbes and John Swinney have stated their priorities

LETTERS More than the faces need to change at top of the Scottish Government
THE religious beliefs of the new First Minister and Deputy First Minister seem to have become something of an issue. I hesitate to continue the theme but I was reminded of a passage from Matthew Chapter 7 which is just about the only passage from the Bible that has stuck in my mind since my enforced attendance at Sunday school more than 50 years ago.

Wild flower nectar is vital for a whole host of insects

LETTERS Plant a packet of wildflower seeds in a corner and savour the pleasure

SPARE the dandelions, don’t mow the daisies, admire the bonnie speedwell – how long before the manicured front lawn becomes a mark of environmental ignorance?

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Holiday letting has pushed people out of the centres of our towns

Letters I’m sick of second home and Airbnb owners pleading poverty
CAMERON Crawford

The ex-FM is being used as a weapon to split the independence movement asunder

Letters It’s no surprise the Unionist media are now making use of Alex Salmond

“I WOULD not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out” – Eugene Debs, International Workers of the World.

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The Tory MSP has put forward his proposals in a think tank paper

Letters Murdo Fraser’s call for Scottish Parliament reform had me laughing

I WAS in hysterics laughing when I read Murdo Fraser wishes the Scottish Parliament to reform. Since Ross and his performing seals became the official opposition they have done more to discredit Holyrood than any other

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Rishi Sunak’s comment about ‘Scottish nationalists’ has sparked outrage

Letters Denying Scots the right to choose our future is the extremist position

I WANT an apology and I think I am entitled to it. My belief in self-determination for Scotland reduced to “extremism” because Sunak declares it so. My belief in self-determination for Scotland, democratically given voice in the current UK parliamentary system, labelled “extremist” because Sunak finds it at odds with his. My belief in self-determination for Scotland likened to positions held by authoritarian states because Sunak ... I guess it takes one to know one.

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