I WOULD have found Angus Cochrane’s report “Black left stunned by Jack’s reply on polling” (June 24) hilarious if it was not so serious.
There is a report circulating on the social media, namely: “Circuses are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain clowns as they leave and go in to politics”.
Up until now I thought that it was a joke, but given the performances of some of the Conservative and Labour politicians both at Westminster and Holyrood perhaps I will have to revise my judgement.
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It would be interesting to know why both the Conservative and Labour parties are so attracted to and successful in recruiting these types of individuals!
Thomas L Inglis
Fintry
THERE is absolutely no sense in asking any questions of this government in parliament, as they don’t get answered. How this can even remotely be described as a functioning parliamentary system is beyond me. The UK does not have a democracy.
Brian Rees
via thenational.scot
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