Scotland Matters Letters

NOSTRADAMUS need not worry about the powers of foresight displayed by GR Weir (Letters, April 26) after he prophesied Humza Yousaf’s heroic confidence vote victory. Thankfully, his prediction proved somewhat wide of the mark. Unfortunately, we are saddled with Mr Yousaf until the next SNP Sturgeon acolyte takes on the mantle and leads us ever further down the road of hopeless government. He lived up to his “useless” moniker with remarkable aplomb: his strategic political manoeuvrings were not something Machiavelli would be proud of. This aside. he was given an almighty hospital pass by Nicola Sturgeon. Her toxic legacy grows by the day. She casts a large shadow that only an early Holyrood election will rid us of. Until this happens we are tied into a ridiculous state of affairs where the Greens. even after being kicked out of government, lurk on the sidelines effectively able to choose the SNP leader and dictate policy. We are witnessing the end of days of SNP rule. unfortunately 10 years too late. John McSweeney, Edinburgh.

WITH the demise of Humza Yousaf as leader, the SNP are displaying inherent weakness and the majority of the Scottish electorate want a fresh start and a Scottish election to express their democratic wishes. Scotland desperately needs a down-to-earth government which is pre-pared to work hard in sorting out the many chronic problems in education and housing and restore some confidence in the Scottish economy. Dennis Grattan, Aberdeen.

SCOTLAND is a mess, an unmitigated disaster in every sphere of government. From the NHS to education from our infrastructure to the economy, it is all of the SNP’s making. All the waffle, all the grandstanding, all the sleaze, all the scandals, all the procrastination, all the consultations, all the learning from mistakes, all the excuses, all the subterfuge, all the opaque transparency. All they achieved was a nation divided. It is all of the SNP’s making. If it were not for being part of the UK, Scotland would find ourselves governed by a haggis republic government devoid of a recipe for haggis. It is time to revisit devolution as a failed project, admit our mistake and shut Holyrood down. Allan Thomson, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire.

ALEX Salmond was up to his old tricks on TV at the weekend; that is, use of spin and exa He referred to Ash Regan as leader of the Alba group at Holyrood: Ash Regan is the Alba group at Holyrood, and is only there because she defected from the SNP. William Ballantine, Bo’ness.

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