Ministerial mystery

IF all is rosy in the Police Scotland garden, why is the Justice Minister not out shouting about it?

We face a steady stream of stories that depict a force struggling to cope with the changing nature of policing and budget cuts. It lurches from crisis to crisis. Michael Matheson is, however, nowhere to be seen. Is he content to let Chief Constable Phil Gormley tale the flak?

If so, that is an act of political cowardice and his silence serves only to confirm the scale of the problems at Police Scotland. J. GALLOWAY, Glasgow.