Petitions must be considered at every turn
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Cllr Evelyn Tweed’s letter to the editor in last Wednesday’s edition.
In her letter she mentioned that a national online petition to have the First Minister’s daily briefings broadcast on the BBC had reached over 50,000 signatures as well as had members of the public contact her to make their opinion heard. I am assuming that Cllr Tweed feels that given the public response something should be done about this?
If so, this confuses me because in Stirling nearly 6000 people signed an online petition and hundreds of people and numerous community councils have contacted my colleagues and I to voice their opposition to the SNP’S introduction of waste collection charges and a reduced waste collection model.
Cllr Tweed agreed these changes without any proper public consultation and has subsequently refused to listen to the public’s concerns or the online petition – which at the time of sending this letter has a higher signature rate per population compared with the national briefing petition she is in favour of hearing.
I hope that Cllr Tweed appreciates the hypocrisy of supporting some online petitions and listening to public opinion on some occasions and not others.
Bryan Flannagan, Councillor
Stirling East and other schemes which actually were a lifeline for many Scots.
The FM’S briefings are at best patronising drivel and at worst blatant, political propaganda. The BBC, not exactly known for its impartiality, actually got it right for once when it decided to stop the briefings.
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