Angus festival to be welcomed

Sir, - Having lived on the Panmure Estate for many years in the past, I was pleased to read that two entrepreneurial young men have taken the trouble and expense to stage a music festival on the estate.

I have often wondered why this had never been done before as it is an ideal site in beautiful enclosed surroundings, but close enough to the A92 for easy access.

With the expected attendance of 15,000 people, many staying in tents, the festival should prove very lucrative for the local shopkeepers, hoteliers and other businesses in Carnoustie. Hopefully this will become an annual event. subject, why don’t they change the numbers 32 and 33 back to the way they were for many years. I don’t remember any complaints being made about that arrangement.

I shudder to think what will happen if we have a bad winter because the 32 has an acute left turn to make from Fintry Drive on to Fintry Road, something that wasn’t necessary before someone decided to make this change. who do not live in Scotland.

Needless to say, most issues which would benefit our nation were voted down by our southern neighbours.

So we have EVEL where Scots MPs are excluded but not the other way round.

Anyone who still thinks this union is a good thing for all of Scotland could learn a lot from witnessing the contempt with which Scots MPs are treated at Westminster.

It is a disgusting example of the last desperate shreds of colonial rule in action and, like all empires, it has to end. £6.2 million last year when this “grant” could have been more productively spent on the more deserving causes within our community.

The culture secretary has already admitted that she neither verified figures nor read any possible financial impact given by this company, which, in itself, is extremely hard to swallow.

In any event, we might ask ourselves what level of ministerial expertise do we have within this government when such a large sum of money could so easily be disbursed without any serious examination of a business case and in the face of so many other more pressing needs.