Misjudgment by Ms Sturgeon

Sir, - By June 8 most electors will feel politicians have had the nation on the campaign trail forever, subjecting us to petty point scoring and imagined threats while promoting obsessive agendas that stoke division.

Nowhere is this more acute than in Scotland where political arguments have been intensified by an unpleasant and worrying resort to tribalism.

The responsibility for this must lie with the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon’s obsessive drive for breaking up the United Kingdom regardless of the cost. The collateral damage to Scotland’s economy, education system, NHS and society is obvious to all but our ruling Holyrood elite.

Although the election called for by Theresa May is to give her a mandate to lead Britain out of Europe confidently, in Scotland, the choices are more complex.

We are judging the competence of the Scottish Government under Ms Sturgeon and not the UK Government under Mrs May while simultaneously judging the necessity for another independence referendum and once again on Brexit.

Ms Sturgeon has misjudged the feeling of a large number of Scots, many of whom will vote Conservative for the first time to register their objection to her pursuit of independence and lack of focus on issues which really matter.

Iain G Richmond. Guildy House, Monikie.

language has not been spoken for hundreds of years.

Surely this expense could have been used more effectively on more sensible initiatives.

Double language names are very confusing for visitors and townsfolk alike.

It would also be interesting to know who was initially responsible for setting this up and who was consulted about this. It was certainly not the residents of Angus.

Avril Simpson. Field Studio, Forfar.