Children failed by Westminster

Sir, - Steven Lyall (June 22) makes a number of points regarding the general election. His conclusion is the SNP’s results were due to their record on education.

However, education in Scotland is the responsibility of Holyrood. With three quarters of their tenure remaining, the First Minister and her government can only be rightfully judged at the end of this parliamentary term.

However, I sympathise with Mr Lyall’s confusion. The election campaign conducted by the unionist parties was one of mendacious and misleading content.

The Conservatives in particular, happy to engage in a deliberate act of confusion regarding reserved and devolved responsibilities, left themselves free to treat the Westminster election in Scotland as though the SNP were the sitting government, thereby avoiding any real scrutiny of their own record.

Mr Lyall is correct that poverty is a major hindrance to closing the attainment gap.

He is also correct in his assertion that the extremely limited control we have over our economy leaves Holyrood vulnerable to British Government policies, with yet another generation of Scottish school children being failed by the London establishment. Ken Clark. 335 King Street, Broughty Ferry.