No free lunch

Sir, There is no such thing as a free lunch – and equally there is no such thing as free prescriptions, free tuition fees nor free personal care for the elderly.

All of the above are paid for – not by the SNP’s prudent management as Malcolm Kerr states in his correspondence of July 8 – but by the taxpayer.

Mr Kerr also highlights the nine years of council tax freeze – but the benefits of that were dubious to say the least, given that they resulted in significant reduction in local services.

As I recall, the SNP had a manifesto commitment to abolish the council tax and replace it with a local income tax. Whatever became of that pledge?

Yours, Bobby Whitacre Glasgow