Give Boris a chance
I DOUBT I’m the only one appalled by the behaviour of the small but highly vocal group of protesters gathered outside Bute House to shout their disapproval and various insults at visiting Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
While he certainly wouldn’t have been my first, second or even fifth choice for the top job in the UK, he wasn’t two minutes in the door of No10 before the usual suspects voiced their condemnation and peddled predictions that his appointment would bring everything from pestilence to full-scale Armageddon raining down on Scotland.
Prior to his appointment, my reservations about Mr Johnson were not inconsiderable, yet it seems clear the negative reaction from Nicola Sturgeon and her party would have been exactly the same, no matter which of the 311 tory MP’s became PM.
the UK is facing uncertainty over Brexit, yet Scotland would have faced a double whammy of simultaneously exiting the UK and the EU early in 2016, had we voted in favour of independence two years earlier. An inconvenient fact that Nationalists would prefer we forgot about.
Now is the time to see if Mr Johnson can deliver on his promises, instead of broadcasting the same old predictable anti-tory ‘white noise’ that permanently emanates from the ivory towers of Bute House.
Stop the permanent criticism, Nicola, and give the man a chance. then save the condemnation and negativity for if he fails.
A MORRISON, Dyce, Aberdeen. AS usual, Nicola Sturgeon continues to complain about Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister.
But in a matter of days he has promised extra funding to make up for the SNP’s total mismanagement and lack of acumen when it comes to financial housekeeping.
yes, some promises are going to be costly, but at least he is making an effort to appreciate that Scotland is part of the Union.
Nicola seems to treat hard-working Scots as cash cows to be fleeced, but Boris does apparently appreciate we are part of a sharing and caring Union in which we all benefit from working together in harmony.
DANNY PRENTICE, Glasgow. ACCORDING to one headline on Boris Johnson’s visit to Scotland: ‘Behind the bluff and bluster, this is a dangerous government.’
It took me a moment to realise this was not a deadly accurate summary of the SNP administration.
It was in fact the First Minister, with apparently not even an attempt at irony, describing the UK Government. to see ourselves...
ALEXANDER McKAY, Edinburgh.