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HAVING read the two depressing articles in the Sunday National concerning the shortage of staff for farms and hospitality venues I was heartened to hear an eyewitness to the fall of the Berlin Wall tell her story. The moral was, of course, that the people took control of their destiny and took a risk that may have gone very wrong for some on them had the government of East Germany taken a stand. It also put me in mind of the early work of the Ramblers’ Association in opening up the countryside to the people, where thousands simply did what was apparently forbidden.
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