Davidson makes two good points

Sir, - In a BBC interview this weekend Ruth Davidson made two important points – to maintain or lower taxes we need to earn this and that something has to change in Scotland.

Regarding taxes, she meant economic growth providing more revenue from a bigger, more skilled, workforce and business community.

One fundamental obstacle in achieving this is our outrageous sense of entitlement and our hordes of unemployables.

Too many children are not made to appreciate a good education and behave, their parents are part of the shameful statistics that put Scotland second only to the USA for obesity, and these factors contribute to added costs of healthcare, education, welfare and social services.

The SNP know this, for

10 years ago a future SNP minister told me the biggest problem Scotland has is the NEETS (Not in Education, Employment or Training).

They were the symptom, not the cause of or the full extent of the problem.

The SNP’s named-person initiative could have been a laudable attempt at the social engineering that could turn round this juggernaut of decline but instead of targeting the known families they include us all, because that way you don’t alienate a lot of your core vote.

At least until the May elections.

Allan Sutherland. 1 Willow Row, Stonehaven.