Heed lessons of Cass

I DESPAIR for my country. The latest set of misjudgments and total inability to cope with a major event in Scotland by those making decisions on our behalf is upon us.

The Cass report has magnified their inadequacy. In particular those at the top of the SNP have got it horribly wrong, again.

The only difference this time is that their incompetence and lack of foresight has the potential to seriously and permanently harm some of our most vulnerable children.

The powers that be in Scotland are ignoring the Cass conclusions and what our fellow islanders in the south are doing and not putting an immediate ban on puberty blockers for our disturbed youngsters seeking help until long-term studies of effects have been made.

Time after time, this zealous craze that we in Scotland can never do what they are doing in England comes to the fore. Even if it has disastrous repercussions – think back to the original refusal to ban the XL Bully dogs in Scotland and the consequent and well forecast rushed import of many of them to the severe pain of several Scots. Think of the Census, faultlessly carried out for two centuries across the UK until Angus Robertson decided we would do things differently with the SNP in charge and made the last multi-million pound Census meaningless.

Now perhaps the most serious episode of all is upon us and we can only pray that the SNP-Greens will see the light sooner rather than later and adopt the eminently sensible and at the highest level medically approved measures being carried out south of the Border.

Could they please limit their nationalism to flag-waving and endless rallies and hanging flags off bridges and leave treatment of vulnerable children well alone?

ALEXANDER MCKAY, Edinburgh.