More bullying from the SNP

Sir, – Recently the chief executive of Highland Spring was reported as having said the Scottish Government should focus on employment and investment.

There followed a Twitter storm, with various Nationalists calling for a boycott of Highland Spring water. So far, so predictable. In addition, however, there was “an approach to the company by unnamed Scottish Government contacts”.

After that, a Highland Spring spokesman “clarified” what the chief executive had said, maintaining his comments “did not mention Indyref2 and were not intended to offer an opinion on whether Scotland should or shouldn’t remain a part of the UK”.

The spokesman confirmed the Scottish Government’s approach to the firm had been in response to the chief executive’s comments.

The SNP has form in this area, especially from the period of the referendum.

Leaning on those who express a view contrary

In the year since the Brexit vote, our GDP growth has gone from the strongest to the weakest in Europe, while the pound is down 20% globally and is now pushing up inflation. Rats planning to desert this sinking ship include banks and insurance companies as well as car and other manufacturers

to that of the party is standard SNP behaviour, as we have seen in the cases of the former principal of St Andrews University and the journalist Stephen Daisley, among others.

Is this kind of bullying, authoritarian conduct on the part of the ruling party really what we desire or expect in the country of the democratic intellect? Jill Stephenson, Glenlockhart Valley. Edinburgh.