The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
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DIRECT consequence of... decisions of the 2011 coalition government”.
He dealt with the VAT issue by stating: “As recent events have shown VAT relief could have been delivered with the stroke of a political pen” and responded to the criticisms regarding the i6 IT system by saying: “The failure to deliver i6 was not a police failure but a PRIVATE SECTOR failure. The testimony to the benefits of PSoS are clearly demonstrated in the fact they had a watertight contract that recovered ALL the costs and then some.”
He also outlined the lamentable condition of the system inherited by the SNP, after years of under-investment. An all too familiar story.
Mr Steele rounded off the exchange with: “So yes by all means feel free not to be a fan of the police service of Scotland but at least be honest enough to realise that your own policies... necessitated its being built.”
This obviously applies, even more so, to the Lib Dem/Tory coalition partners.
Mr Cross can, of course dismiss this, as he did my original letter. It is entirely up to him.
Ken Clark. 335 King Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee.
attempts to undermine the UK Government and agitate for separation from the UK.
An office block in the city centre will need staff, who will need parking spaces, and will create more peak time traffic. Riverside Drive is already a bottleneck, as is Dock Street. Where is the intelligent future planning and thinking?
Jill Stephenson. Glenlockhart Valley, Edinburgh.