Time for mature debate

HOW can the SNP possibly think that at the age of 25 your brain is not developed sufficiently to allow you to tell the difference between right and wrong – while at the same time handing the vote to children of 16?

I cannot be the only person in Scotland who realises what this Government is trying to do. If I am, then God help us.

BILL MCKNIGHT, Cupar, Fife.

NOW the woeful soft-touch SNP Government wants to treat criminals up to the age of 25 as young offenders. Surely 18-year-olds ought to be regarded as mature enough to take responsibility for their own actions?

P ROBERTSON, Burntisland, Fife.

CRIMINALS under the age of 25 are to be rehabilitated, not locked up. This is after a report stating that the brain is not fully developed under that age.

It’s our politicians who have the underdeveloped brains. Criminals One, victims Nil. IAN BALLOCH, Grangemouth,

Stirlingshire.