Flying in the face of opinion

Sir, – Despite Primary 1 testing being voted down by the majority of MSPS in Holyrood, education minister John Swinney is determined to press ahead because he believes it is right. Deeply shocking.

Is this what democracy has become in Scotland under the SNP? wringing their hands claiming that Brexit will have a catastrophic impact on migration.

They say that we need migrants to fill vacancies in nursing, care work, hospitality, construction and other jobs.

Indeed one news report said that Edinburgh council employs 1,000 people from Eastern Europe.

Apart from the fact that there are tens of thousands on the unemployment register, is it not morally reprehensible to plunder other countries’ young citizens with the bribe of better wages and benefits?

Many of these countries are trying hard to develop economically but are being held back because their young folk are being drawn to the UK.

Imagine how Edinburgh Council would feel if a recruitment company set up in Edinburgh from another country offered huge salaries to recruit their teachers, nurses, hospitality workers and care staff?

A merger may not find favour with a majority of supporters but as things exist today, and potentially in the future, it may just be that it presents the only realistic possibility of keeping Dundee to the forefront of Scottish football