Letters..

Target the NRA

TED Heath, a former Tory prime minister, once spoke about the empty buildings in London appreciating in value as “the unacceptable face of capitalism”.

The modern equivalent is the obscenity of profit-making by the National Rifle Association in the US.

After the latest outrage of innocent young people being killed at a school in Florida, it is good that some of the biggest names in corporate America are coming under mounting pressure to cut ties with the NRA.

B. Park, Bathgate, West Lothian

People power

IS IT not time that politicians respected the democratic will of the UK people and got together to get the best deal for Brexit?

Those going against the democratic vote of the people should be given a refresher course on what democracy means.

The people of the UK have spoken. Eileen Mclellan, Stevenston, Ayrshire

Subsidy cyclists

CYCLIST Steven from Falkirk pointed out that the roads are paid for from general taxation and council tax, not “road tax”.

This is correct but motorists additionally pay on the emission levels for vehicles and fuel duty.

In Scotland, there are 2.7million motor vehicles and 2.547million