Policy makers face a choice

Sir, - Following Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at the Labour Party conference, most of the mainstream media have dismissed what he said by claiming that it would cost billions of pounds and therefore be totally impossible to implement.

What the media don’t point out is that the money is already being spent by the Tory party who are guilty of having the wrong priorities.

The first thing that must be understood is that the Tories do not spend a single penny of their own money.

Every pound is money that we the tax payers of the UK cough up.

They have, in my opinion, made spending decisions that have had a catastrophic effect.

Our NHS can be seen as being in meltdown.

Our education system is at breaking point.

We have working people relying on food banks to survive.

The rich are getting massively richer at the expense of the poor.

Our rail and roads infrastructure is decaying through lack of investment.

University students are leaving university with debts that most will never be able to afford to repay.

Living costs are rising much faster than wages.

We have more people being declared bankrupt than ever before.

We have virtually no genuinely affordable houses being built.

We have an increasing shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers.

Our whole economy is built on personal debt.

I could go on and on listing the diabolical failings of the Tory Government.

This is not a recent blip but is what always happens when enough people vote for the Conservative Party.

I used to be a Labour supporter until I became scunnered with Tony Blair’s brand of New Labour.

I am now a committed SNP supporter but I still see much worth in what Corbyn said in his speech.

What is worth pointing out is that virtually everything Corbyn said is already SNP policy and in fact a great deal of it has already been implemented by the SNP Government.

If Scotland had independence we would be able to fully implement the policies we need to reverse the Tory austerity and improve the lot of the Scottish people.

Running a country is expensive whoever is in government.

It is how the money is spent that matters. Harry Key. 20 Mid Street, Largoward.