Corbyn’s capers

Jeremy Corbyn, in his leader’s speech to his party conference in Brighton this week, called for social justice to come back into Scottish politics through the Labour Party.

This was heartening to hear from the leader of the party which has sunk without recognition in Scotland, a party whose MSPS and MPS have done nothing to identify with such a call in Scotland.

The last Scottish Budget, which included funding for many policies that brought social justice to the country, including the retention of free prescriptions, over 60s bus passes, free education for our students, continued funding of the Scottish Welfare Fund set up by the Scottish Government to mitigate Westminster austerity cuts, a scheme giving crisis grants to our vulnerable and needy, yet it was a budget not supported by Labour MSPS.

From this record of Labour MSPS in Scotland, Mr Corbyn really needs to communicate his vision with his Scottish branch office.

CATRIONA C CLARK Hawthorn Drive, Banknock,

Falkirk

In his closing Conference speech, Jeremy Corbyn managed to exploit even the Grenfell Tower tragedy for his own political purposes. Some happenings are above politics. Given that the Tories are in total disarray, this was a cheap and unnecessary shot.

Labour can only lose the next general election, a Tory win seems impossible and every indication is that a hard left Labour administration will form the next UK – and possibly Scottish – governments.

Theresa May’s decision making and thinking process a year ago now appears to have been childishly absurd.

Mr Corbyn’s eye-watering hypocrisy with regard to political abuse was another standout in his speech.

Most of the political abuse at UK level emanates from his own wilder, far left elements. Only in Scotland are they superseded by the even nastier Cybernats.

ALEXANDER MCKAY New Cut Rigg, Edinburgh

While watching Jeremy Corbyn’s speech I thought I was witnessing something akin to a reincarnation of an Egyptian god. I half expected to witness a sacrificial goat being led on stage to satisfy the baying crowd. Mind you, there is no shortage of such within the Labour Party.

Seriously, though, this is not the Labour Party. Their name has been taken over by a group of dangerous characters who consist of communists, Trotskyists, Marxists and no doubt a great many anarchists.

Corbyn himself as never been true to the party he now leads, rebelling at every juncture, and now this country is at serious risk of him becoming Prime Minister.

He has no intention of defending this country and his policies will bleed the nation dry.

I live in hope that the electorate will see through this flawed character and send him back to the oblivion from where he sprang and certainly belongs. ROBERT FINLAY

Burntisland, Fife When I hear Jeremy Corbyn suggest that the Trotskyist direction to which he and his politburo are impelling the UK is “common sense”, I am reminded of a certain Nicola Sturgeon’s use of the same term in relation to her own, now-outflanked nationalist, socialist party’s equally loony policies as being the same.

Judging by these two beacons of political division in our spectrum, perhaps the Golden Gate Bridge in California should have an advisory notice saying, “users of the bridge are advised that jumping off is only common sense.”

ANDREW HN GRAY Craiglea Drive , Edinburgh