Plea to leave car behind is far from convincing

I READ that First Bus is attempting to encourage car users to ditch their vehicle to take up the bus instead,

Is the company having a laugh? Why would a driver wants to swap his car for sitting in a bus filled with loud-mouthed teenagers who verbally abuse passengers and sit and smoke at the top of the bus?

I suppose we can thank the SNP for introducing free bus travel for under-22s and encouraging every Glasgow ned to use the buses in the city.

Thanks for the great initiative. I’ll be sticking to my car.

Gary McLeod Shawlands

I DON’T blame them (Glasgow teachers threaten strikes over violent pupil behaviour at Bannerman High, Glasgow Times online).

Teachers are paid to educate our children, they aren’t paid to put up with abuse or violence from the minority of kids who haven’t been taught how to behave and respect their elders.

Not only is it unfair on teachers but it’s also unfair on the other pupils who are actually ready and willing to learn.

Suzi Jones

Via Facebook

TO reader Bryan McNeil asking who is voting for the SNP in

Glasgow and the rest of Scotland: I and tens of thousands of fellow Scots are – in the hope that eventually we can throw off the shackles of Westminster. Get used to it!

MA

Glasgow

WOMEN’S Health Minister Maree Todd announced that the home abortions scheme in Scotland is to continue. However, she revealed that she has made the decision before a promised safety evaluation is completed.

This is a reckless policy which leaves women to suffer the effects of abortion at home, with no medical supervision or support, and then forces them to dispose of foetal remains on their own. This policy even deprives women of the opportunity to meet with a doctor in person. This is not a model of care.

They have not even bothered to wait for the results of their own safety evaluation. The Scottish Government may think this decision is “progressive”, but what is progressive about leaving women to bleed away their baby at home, with no medical care?

It also ignores the concerns that the majority of the Scottish public have about DIY abortion. In the Government’s consultation on making the policy permanent, 74% of respondents felt the impact of the current arrangements on women’s safety was negative compared to 21% who felt they were positive. Furthermore, a ComRes poll found that 84% of Scottish adults say they are concerned about women being at risk of being coerced into an abortion by a partner or family member with a telemedicine abortion appointment where the doctor has not seen the woman in person.

B McKenna Dumbarton