GAVIN Tait (Letters, January 6) says that guilt felt by Nicola Sturgeon over care home deaths has resulted in priority vaccination for those resident therein, thereby depriving young people of a proper education which will affect their whole life chances and their possible achievements of 30 to 40 years of productive life. Mr Tait then appears to suggest the education of our young people is more valuable than another five to 10 years of life for the elderly – something of a non sequitur and straight out of the Huxley book of thinking. The education of our secondary school young people during the pandemic requires some creative and radical thinking both short and long term, especially as jobs may well be in short supply during the recovery period. If properly resourced, there is no reason why those leaving secondary school cannot have a formal extension of one or two years to continue their lost education and take their exams in further education colleges. This would require st
Foulkes has raised concerns that Sturgeonâs regular coronavirus briefings breach impartiality rules IN times of national crisis like this, it’s vital that a nation’s leader communicates with its citizens. Nicola Sturgeon has done so steadfastly and with clarity, and she has demonstrated empathy and understanding for the difficulties that Covid has caused us all. The contrast with Boris Johnson is obvious. So (the dreaded “so” at the start of a sentence), it’s outrageous for Lord George Foulkes, Labour member of that unelected House, to put pressure on Ofcom and the BBC to stop coverage of the First Minister’s coronavirus briefings.