Vive la France

The victory by Mr Hollande in the French presidential election is excellent news. His proposal for a rise in corporation tax to 35 per cent shows that the current UK policy of slashing taxes for multi-nationals is utterly nonsense in a time of large deficits.

Will French companies leave France on mass? No they won’t, as they will see the deficit reducing and the economy growing.

If only the current governments in the UK and Scotland would stop this ridiculous race to the bottom because Rupert Murdoch demands it we might all be better off.

Dave Cochrane

Spottiswoode Street

Edinburgh

The significance of the French presidential election shouldn’t be lost on the Catholic Church in Scotland (your report, 8 May).

Who is bothered in France that the First Lady is unmarried and the partner of a socialist?

Ellis Thorpe

Old Chapel Walk

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire