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SNP MPs must show us they are bravehearts and not fainthearts

SNP MPs must show us they are bravehearts and not fainthearts
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We need the Green Party conscience to hold our feet to the fire

RORY Bulloch’s intemperate attack on our Scottish Green Party friends (Letters, June 2) is offensive and ignorant in the extreme. Yes, The Scottish Greens might have some radical ideas; yes, they might occasionally campaign for measures that are rather impractical for a governing party to consider; however our planet needs Green parties as a conscience, and with COP26 taking place in Glasgow later this year the world’s eyes will be on us, so it is imperative that we show that an independent Scotland would be part of the solution and not a continuation of the problem. Land reform, rewilding of our nation, concrete moves away from fossil fuels and reinvestment in the green economy, pedestrianising our cities, restructuring our commuter roads to include proper cycle lanes, and protecting the integrity of our seas and wildernesses are all implicit in SNP policies; but we need our Scottish Green Party conscience to hold our feet to the fire and ensure that our promised land is o

Obsequious right-wing UK press has completely failed to scrutinise Johnson

IF there was ever a doubt about Ruth Wishart being one of the finest journalists ever to grace our media stage then her recent article on the contrasting media treatment of our First Minister with the Prime Minister of the UK should confirm it (Treatment of Teflon PM in stark contrast to media glee at FM inquiry, April 4). Their lack of scrutiny of the Johnson government from the outset of his administration has been nothing short of a national scandal. It is an unfortunate but accurate fact that the majority of British national newspapers – and I include Scotland in this – consistently adopt an obsequious stance towards the Westminster government and seldom attempt to investigate its disjointed policy implementation whilst ignoring its glaring obfuscation and increasingly evasive and dishonest narrative.

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