Plans derailed

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said controversial railway policing plans have been put on hold and may never be enacted.

Or the SNP could just leave British Transport Police to operate as they are doing at present – but that would mean “British” still being a word used in Scotland and that’s not acceptable to the SNP.

Hazel Smith Yet another example of the SNP policy of creating differences where none exist. Why change something that works perfectly well? OK, it’s about proving that we are so different to the rest of the UK that we cannot co-exist and co-operate. Separatism with knobs on.

Persona non grata Humza, just leave things the way they are.

Sunny Leith Re-reading this article shows that the SNP have absolutely no intention of dropping this merger. They will simply keep quiet for a while, shuffle the wording around, rename it and try again.