Scotland Matters Letters

THE tired line from Humza Yousaf is that he won’t make apologies. This needs to change urgently and the first apology to the people of Scotland must be about the near-terminal state of the Scottish NHS. This service is not on its knees, it is prostrate. Private clinics are popping up to take over from NHS GPs simply because there is no capacity left in the state system for prompt actions by doctors and even slower service from the hospitals when finally referred. Mr Yousaf has to take a lot of the blame as it has happened on his watch as Health Secretary and he is still ignoring this most critical of services for pointless policies on gender reforms and challenges over Indyref2 plus high taxes that chase away the very professionals needed to fix our NHS. This Scottish Government is no longer fit for purpose. Dr Gerald Edwards, Glasgow.

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Humza Yousaf has said in the past that if Scotland became independent he would ditch the monarchy. He attended the Coronation last week to, in his words, represent everyone in Scotland. In Holyrood on Wednesday he chose not to say “God save the king”. It’s time he realised that you have to be very clever to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. The hare usually gets caught in the end so if Humza wants to keep his credibility he needs to make his mind up. Personally, I don’t think he’s clever enough to play both ends against the middle. Ian Balloch, Grangemouth, Falkirk.

Only a few years ago we were told that the enemy of dean air and the battle against climate change was the internal combustion engine. Cars based on petrol and, particularly, diesel were anathematised and scheduled for quick phasing out. We were encouraged to buy electric or hybrid cars. Now, it seems, this was a scam. Several cities, particularly Edinburgh, have eager planners inventing schemes to restrict cars altogether, regardless of how they are fuelled. George Street is to be a pedestrian area – how deliveries are to be made and buildings and equipment repaired and maintained appears to be a matter of no concern. Similarly, the elderly and infirm are to be condemned to lengthy walks in order to access premises in George Street. Shops and restaurants there must be worried about a potential drop in footfall. In other areas, roads are blocked off with unsightly planters, causing congestion in nearby streets. I like my electric car well enough, but I now feel that I was tricked into opting for one. We have a new set of zealots on the council whose blinkered pursuit of a pedestrian paradise takes no account of real people’s real lives. Jill Stephenson.

WE have just had Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation after a reign of almost 10 years. This governance has been exposed as unaccountable and, I wonder, if we were an independent country with a president, who would republicans have lead us? The SNP government makes decisions on all aspects of our lives without much consultation with the institutes involved. Take our legal process. Our Scots law was admired all over the world for its unique process. Now the SNP is changing it. Can you imagine us being governed by a president chosen by republicans who seem to think how the SNP govern is the right way? Goodbye democracy. Mrs I Mackay, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.

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