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EVEN taking reader George Kerr’s word on parliamentary numbers, the SNP lost the 2014 referendum on independence and therefore don’t have a mandate for that.

Philip Adams

READER Kathleen Martinez sent in a letter about her daughter being in London and the way she was spoken to by a waiter. Well, London is not the whole of the UK so she shouldn’t tar all parts of the UK with the same brush. In Scotland, we would welcome her. I’m sure I speak for the majority of people in Scotland.

Bella Mac

OK, BBC, you have given the new Scottish channel every chance and now is the time to cut costs and abandon the project as the viewing figures are dreadful and show no sign of improvement. Why not give the money back to the few Scottish people over 75 in the form of a free TV licence?

Dennis Grattan, Aberdeen

DO DONALD Trump, Boris Johnson and political interviewer Robert Peston use the same hairdresser?

David Wood

SEEING as how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex seem to take great delight in what they do and don’t share with us, how about giving them a taste of their own medicine? No photographs, no interviews, no TV coverage and ignore their Instagram accounts. Treat them as if they don’t exist.

Alan Lough, Dunbar, East Lothian