LOTD: What has happened to our country? This is like Germany 100 years ago
Today one of our reader rails against the “hysteria and hyperbole” in Scotland’s political discourse.
Today one of our reader rails against the “hysteria and hyperbole” in Scotland’s political discourse.
STAN Grodynski’s timing of his letter about “dissing our schools” couldn’t have been worse.
IT would be churlish not to offer congratulations to John Swinney on his reluctant accession to the office of First Minister, and unduly pessimistic to assume that he is going to be as hopeless as his predecessors.
THE latest allegations that there are problems in the higher echelons of Police Scotland are disturbing .
Patrick Harvie should consider that while he polled less than 10% in his constituency and his sidekick about 3%, Ms Forbes polled 55% in her constituency and 48% in the recent leadership election.
Education has been a big talking point for our readers this week.
The fleeting nature of renewables generation has again delivered significant UK output collapse on six days since the end of April, including four consecutive days this week with Scotland having to consequently import from England.
IT is just 15 months since the SNP leadership election when Kate Forbes stood for the position which she ultimately lost to Humza Yousaf. She has now been appointed Deputy First Minister by John Swinney, the new Scottish First Minister.
This week polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice said that devolution had been very good for the SNP. But has the SNP been good for devolution? One reader thinks not.
Too often one hears comments like ''I hated maths in school'' or ''I was rubbish at maths'' expressed almost proudly. Somehow it’s okay for people to chuckle about not being good at maths. Yet, if I said “I never learned to read”, they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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