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Letters

Moray Council's image promoting its Drag Queen Story Time event

Readers' Letters: Once upon a time, a drag queen read to children

The failure to complete the dualling of the A9 has one reader worried (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers Letters: What's with relentless assault on rural and remote areas?

Edinburgh councillor Scott Arthur is an advocate of the '20-minute neighbourhood' notion (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: 20-minute neighbourhood makes no sense in post-pandemic world

Water tap

Readers' Letters: We need more reservoirs against water shortages

Circular Economy minister Lorna Slater insists Westminster is wrecking Scotland's green vision (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Pool/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Government cares about grievances, not recycling

SNP MSP and Education Minister Jenny Gilruth (Picture: Ken Jack/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Verdict is in on Sturgeon's education ambitions

SNP MSP and Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn

Readers' Letters: Independence Minister wrong about Brown and Vow

Humza Yousaf promised to cut NHS waiting lists dramatically when he was Scottish Health Secretary (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let more doctors do routine procedures

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at an event for the 25th anniversary of the ECB this month (Picture: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: UK should have a 'recession' as bad as Germany's

SNP MP Joanna Cherry's position on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill is transphobic, reckons reader (Picture: Russell Cheyne/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Don't use 'feminist' label to legitimise transphobia

Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone admitted that Police Scotland is 'institutionally racist'

How did Police Scotland become so 'institutionally racist'?

SNP Independence Minister Jamie Hepburn says more Scexit policy papers will be published.

Readers' Letters: Why should Scots pay for SNP plot to break up UK?

Sir Iain Livingstone said this week that Police Scotland is an institutionally racist and discriminatory organisation

Readers' Letters: Chief Constable passing buck on Police Scotland 'racism'

Rhys Bennett must serve a minimum of 24 years for the murder of Jill Barclay

Readers' Letters: Jill Barclay's killer should never see light of day again

Liquefied Petroleum Gas is a lifeline for many Scots (Picture: Ishara S KodikaraI/AFP via Getty Images)

Reades' Letters: Fuel good deed goes unrewarded

The Saltire of Scotland and St George's Cross of England stand side by side (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scotland might be better run if it actually was a colony

Labour is keen for a Senate to replace the unelected House of Lords (Picture: Toby Melville/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: a British Senate could usher in a federal UK

If Scottish universities don’t carry out weapons research for the Pentagon, above, someone else will.

Scotsman Letters: If our universities won't accept military cash, others will

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer says voting reform isn't on his to-do list (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Starmer needs to do away with first-past-the-post vote

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has hinted that he might support a Labour government without the promise of a second independence referendum (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Politicians of all parties are as bad as each other

Staff at The Stand comedy venues in Edinburgh were said to feel MP Joanna Cherry's views on gender were far too upsetting to be aired (Picture: Kate Chandler)

Readers' Letters: If you're that upset, get out there and change the world

Wind turbines are unsightly and inefficient, says reader (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Dig deep to find answer to Scotland's energy needs

Anti-nuclear campaigners at Faslane on the Clyde in 2020 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK support of Ukraine could bring nuclear nightmare

King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to the crowds from the balcony at Buckingham Palace (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Criticism of coronation is royally unfair

Food bank use is on the increase as low-income famiies struggle to cope with the cost of living crisis

Inflation is more than just a monetary phenomenon

Many Nationalists claim North Sea oil is Scotland's by right (Picture: Andy Buchanan/ WPA Pool/Getty)

Readers' Letters - Wrong to say ‘Scotland’s oil’ would fund independence

Plans for Highly Protected Marine Areas could devastate coastal communities who depend on fishing industry, says reader (Picture: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Fish ban move could kill coastal communities

The Hebrides are far from Scotland in ways that reach beyond geography, says reader (Picture: Adobe)

Scotsman Letters: It’s time Gaeldom broke away from Scotland

A humpback whale dives down to swim and feed off the Gulf of Maine, near Gloucester, Massachusetts, this week (Picture: Joseph Prezioso/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Wind farms obsession killing world’s wildlife

Pro-independence supporters are still out there in large numbers, says reader (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It’s wrong to write off Scottish independence

Royal fans pose with a Union flag incorporating King Charles III along the Coronation procession route in London this weekend (Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Coronation was about patriotism not nationalism

SNP MP Joanna Cherry had been due to take part in an event at the Stand comedy club until staff objected

Scotsman Letters: Cherry criticism an unedifying example of ideological zealotry

First Minister Humza Yousaf at this week's anti-poverty summit (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty)

Readers' Letters: SNP set to follow in Tory footsteps on benefits

First Minister Humza Yousaf will attend today's Coronation in London (Picture: Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Yousaf should act gracious over Coronation

First Minister Humza Yousaf may be about to raise taxes for higher earners (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scotland must escape shackles of nationalism

Old-style farming methods, as seen on Skye circa 1910, are not easy to duplicate today, advises reader (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Regenerative farming is not a simple option

Buy Scottish fare - such as Bell's pies - advises reader (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Readers Letters: Buy Scottish and every one of us will benefit

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is wrong to rein in Scottish Government's bids for a place on world stage, reckons the SNP's Angus Robertson (Picture: Hannah McKay/Pool/AFP Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK right to get tough on Scottish ‘foreign policy’

Scotland benefits from free prescriptions, free eye tests and free personal care for all who need it

Scotsman Letters: Taxpayers in Scotland getting far better value

One of four stones with Pictish carvings in the village of Aberlemno, near Forfar

Readers' letters: No surprise to see ‘mystery’ of Picts solved

First Minister Humza Yousaf and Justice Secretary Angela Constance back major justice reform legislation (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Criminal law reforms are unlikely to work out

A reader's train journey to Glasgow Central station was marred by unchecked anti-social behaviour

Readers' letters: We’ll never return to the age of the train like this

A reader claims independence is way down the list of SNP priorities

Readers' letters: SNP is happy to be England’s junior partner

Bakers in London apply the finishing touches to Coronation-themed biscuits

Readers' letters: Monarchy is no longer relevant in its present form

Are we hearing the real truth behind the claims of the scientists and others active in the climate debate?

Scotsman Letters: Is zero carbon’s aim really to ‘save the planet’?

An animal rights protester is apprehended by police officers at the second fence ahead of the Grand National at Aintree last Saturday

Readers' letters: Don’t blame animal rights activists for horses dying

The Cross of Wales, which will lead the coronation procession at Westminster Abbey on 6 May, incorporates a relic of the True Cross gifted by Pope Francis

Readers' letters: Religon should have no place at Coronation

A reader is critical of the redesign of health services in Skye

Readers' letters: Highland communities have been let down by the SNP

Is the rise of the electric car inevitable, a reader asks

Readers' letters: Electric car cabling will cause massive disruption

A reader says he feels embarrassed to be Scottish

Readers' letters: The SNP have made it embarrassing to be Scottish

Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray speaking during the Scottish Labour conference at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Unfair criticism of Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray

Humza Yousaf has launched a court battle over the UK Government’s blocking of Scotland’s controversial gender reforms

Readers' letters:

Is it possible to be both a Christian and a Scottish nationalist. A reader thinks not

Readers' letters: You can’t be a Scottish nationalist and a Christian​​​​​​​

Nicola Sturgeon announcing her resignation as First Minister at a Bute House press conference on 15 February

Readers' letters: The walls were already closing in on Sturgeon

Police Scotland raided the home of SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell as part of an investigation into the party's finances (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Full audit of Scottish Government books needed

Different young people mature at different stages in their lives

Authoritative decision needed on the age of maturity and responsibility

King Charles’ oaths will focus on the Church and on Presbyterianism

Scotland on Sunday letters: Coronation oaths show the monarchy to be out of touc...

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meets last year

Readers' letters: Church of Scotland should take lead on road to independence

Former US President Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment hearing in New York City

Readers' letters: Scotland should learn from America’s failings

Are pylons being used because they are the cheaper option, a reader asks

Readers' letters: ‘Green’ pylons designed to maximise profit

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference during a European Union summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels last month

Readers' letters: Brexit could turn out to be making of the EU

Should opposition parties join forces to defeat SNP candidates?

Readers' Letters: Tactical voting offer is worth taking seriously

Gas-fired power stations are answer to UK's energy needs

Humza Yousaf arrives to attend his debut First Minister’s Questions on Thursday (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty)

Scotland on Sunday Letters: Yousaf doesn’t have to be 'better than' Sturgeon

Reader suggests Shona Robison is having a laugh with her comments on Kate Forbes's decision not to join the Cabinet of new Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: Robison talking nonsense over Forbes snub

Reorganisation of Scotland's forces into a single unit hasn't always made for happy days, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Decade of Police Scotland nothing to celebrate

Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes looked cordial enough on Tuesday but the former finance secretary turned down the new First Minister's offer to become rural affairs secretary (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Kate Forbes should have accepted rural brief

Newly elected First Minister Humza Yousaf with wife Nadia El-Nakla, daughter Amal and stepdaughter Maya (Picture: Jane Barlow/Pool/AFP via Getty)

Scotsman Letters: New First Minister is inspiration to ethnic youth

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Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie arrive for the Warner Brothers Pictures red carpet photocall of "Barbie" during CinemaCon 2023 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2023. (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

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The inquiry is looking into ventilation issues at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People at Little France. Picture: Scott Louden

'Ambiguity' surrounding ventilation standards in Sick Kids hospital contract