Can we save the world, one can at a time?

£25 STAR LETTER

You are right to highlight climate change as an issue that is not getting enough attention from politicians, but it annoys me when we are all urged to do our bit while big companies are allowed to do what they like.

It’s fine saying individuals can make a difference but while we are guddling about sorting out tins from paper, Amazon, for example, are sending out tons of plastic and cardboard packaging every day. I know every little helps but if the changes in society that are needed are as big as everyone is saying, then we need to start making them now.

Margaret Somners, Perth

COP questioned

I understand how important it is, but how can the government be so sure about bringing thousands of people from around the world to Scotland for the COP26 summit?

Who knows what might be happening with Covid by then and surely it would be better to show caution instead of just steaming ahead? It’s the same with the Olympics in Japan. It seems crazy to me to have these huge events encouraging people to move about the world when there is so much uncertainty about what might happen next.

Gerri Anderson, Fort William

No buts, it’s rude

I couldn’t agree more with the lady who wrote about giving young people a break.

They don’t do me any harm but I see older people behaving badly in supermarkets every week. One woman came right up behind me at the butter bit and leaned all over me, breathing away, to reach her Lurpak. I gave her an absolute stinker but she couldn’t care less. People can be annoying at times. Mrs Bole, address supplied

The sweetest song

The Honest Truth article on the plight of the nightingale filled me with nostalgia. My husband and I lived on a nature trail as volunteer wardens some forty years ago. The nightingale and the cuckoo worked the night and day shifts respectively. Sometimes, they even overlapped, vying with each other for our attention. I would hate to see either bird driven to extinction. Mary Cook, by email

Billie’s balance

Billie Piper says she struggles to cope with being a working mum. I can sympathise with that but she needs to remember that there are countless women in the same situation and have no option but to get on with it, many in a far worse situation and with far less income.

Mental health is a serious problem in today’s world, but Billie needs to take stock of how privileged a position she is in and perhaps look at her priorities if balance is a problem.

Gerry Dignan, Dundee

Duty not a pleasure

I loved Line Of Duty when it started, it was amazing but that series was rubbish and anyone saying different is kidding themselves on. If that had been the first series, it would be lucky to get a second one. James Purves, by email