Green-tinted lens

Patrick Harvie MSP lives in a green ivory tower, sees the world through green glasses and is the tail wagging the SNP dog. His latest pronouncement, that the UK government should extend the furlough scheme into 2021, shows he has lost touch with economic reality and thinks money grows on trees (your report, 22 August). He and the SNP never have a good word to say about the Westminster government but monotonously demand special treatment for Scotland. The UK government has shown a huge financial commitment during this Covid-19 emergency for the benefit of Britain as a whole. It has borrowed £150 billion in four months, which helped support millions of jobs. The national debt is now £2.004 trillion. Patrick Harvie continues to draw his full £64,000 salary instead of reducing it by 20 per cent to show solidarity with those furloughed. Many have lost their jobs in the private sector while politicians and those in top jobs in the public sector remain largely unscathed. What fool said “we are all in it together”?

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