Letters

Letters

Is following customs, formalities and manners really getting us anywhere?

THANKS to The National last week, we could read about the start of Nicola Sturgeon’s trip to the US and her visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. But you couldn’t watch it, at least not on BBC Scotland. Their coverage of our country’s First Minister starting a major international trip was drowned out by ounces of trivia around Rangers’ trip to Seville. The Beeb’s examination of every insignificant detail of the Europa Cup final – to the exclusion of othe

Letters Chancellor is doing nothing extra to help those paying the most for fuel

LETTERS Instead of a reasoned case for the Union, all we get are soundbites

Letters Boris Johnson can't resist insults, even when making excuses for partying

Letters Windfall tax U-turn happened because Tories are in trouble over Partygate

Letters Arthur Conan Doyle’s passion for golf led him to help design courses

Letters Claimants must play the benefit system game without knowing the rules

Letters Describing Question Time commentators as ‘phoney actors’ is hyperbole

Letters Might England now wake up to how the rest of the UK feels?

Letters Iain Duncan Smith wants to see all us keep working until we’re 75

Letters The longer we wait to go for independence, the harder our recovery will be

Letters SNP youth members may wish to read up on the history of imperial Britain

Letters Every Tory MP who fails to call for Johnson's resignation is also culpable

Letters Women in Scotland need more protection from the US religious right

Letters When the Growth Commission was meeting, where were the climate experts?

Letters A civil servant should never have been tasked with writing partygate report

Letters Here's why the SNP’s local election strategy was a gift to Westminster

Letters Blame Westminster bean-counters in the 1990s for hospital bed shortage

LETTERS Independence movement's reaction to ScotRail strikes has disturbed me

Letters Why was faulty software that caused the Post Office scandal not tested?

Letters Tory spokesman seems to suggest independence has widespread global support

LETTERS It's time for people to remove fingers from ears over UK Government

Letters A bigger pay rise for rail workers would require cuts elsewhere

LETTERS Scotland can do better than greased piglet in Number 10

LETTERS There is no room for Nato or nuclear weapons in Scotland’s future

LETTERS I have no fuel crisis sympathy for gas-guzzling car drivers

letters Drastic redistribution of wealth in Scotland has to take place

letters Death of journalist highlights dangers of reporting on Israel

letters Hard Times is just as applicable to 21st-century Dickensian Britain

LETTERS BBC Scotland head of news: There is no ‘blackout’ on FM's US trip

LETTERS Tory strategy leaves workers impoverished and props up donors

Letters We must strive not to perpetuate harmful stereotypes in Scotland

Letters Alba can still prosper and offer a viable alternative to the SNP

Letters Nicola Sturgeon's meeting with Nancy Pelosi gives a glimmer of hope

Our MPs and MSPs are not elected to argue about independence

Letters Holiday to Skye showed that over-tourism problems are being addressed

Letters What happened to the nice patronising Tories who once stuck up for Scotland?

Letters We now need a strong response from the SNP – not just platitudes

Letters Until we are independent, the financial tools we need will be out of reach

Letters UK's sums don’t add up because our oil revenue has all been squandered

Letters Murder of journalist by Israeli forces should inspire global outrage

Letters A free buffet for Tories while food bank users are blamed for their hunger

Letters Margaret Thatcher statue in Grantham has got off lightly so far

LETTERS Comments at football writers' awards sadly reflect views of many in Scotland

LETTERS Are the bells and whistles of the state opening of Westminster really a waste?

PREMIUM What's wrong with Scottish Parliament debating council allotments?

LETTERS Sovereign Scots must think outside the box like others did in 1960

letters Clearly Derek Mackay is not solely to blame for ferry fiasco

Letters Don't forget the SNP membership voted for alternative to the Growth Report

letters If Michael Gove’s mask slips, could he be demoted to branch manager?

Letters Allotments benefit health, the environment and local communities

Letters Ghost of the Troubles haunts Boris Johnson’s disunited kingdom

Letters Debate Night felt like a Scottish Labour party political broadcast

Letters No society can thrive if women and girls are victimised due to their sex