Resist chance to be churlish

Sir, - Celebrations marking the success of Scotland’s Olympians and Paralympians as part of Team GB in Edinburgh on September 28 present Nicola Sturgeon with a challenge.

The last thing she needs is to be associated with celebrating a British victory.

Regardless of whether there’s a street procession, the media-savvy nationalist leader will want to be fully involved in such an event.

But she can’t risk her usual divisive behaviour. She will realise she mustn’t seem churlish about Team GB or worse, be caught exploiting our athletes to pursue her UK break-up ambitions.

So will Ms Sturgeon be able to resist manipulating this event to benefit her own agenda?

Time will tell. But, for the sake of our Olympians and Paralympians, let us hope so. Martin Redfern. 4 Royal Circus, Edinburgh.