Mainstream drivel

IF, AS seems highly likely, John Swinney becomes the SNP leader and First Minister, we are asked to believe that he will ‘return the SNP to governing from the mainstream’.

This from the man who has been instrumental in framing SNP policy for more than 15 years and was at Nicola Sturgeon’s side at all times during her toxic and disastrous tenure as First Minister. This from the man who backed and voted for the Hate Crime Bill and the shocking legislation that was going to be the Gender Reform Bill. It is nothing short of ludicrous to suggest that he believes in ‘governing from the mainstream’.

RICHARD ALLISON, Edinburgh.