SNP must get on with the day job

Sir, – The “Come Back Kid”, Eck Salmond is threatening to reappear on the SNP stage; Nicola Sturgeon is indicating another independence referendum is imminent. But who cares?

The majority of Scots voters have become immune to the sting of Scottish nationalism. The polls indicate nothing much has changed since the SNP cause was defeated in the referendum four years ago.

Under the present minority SNP administration at Holyrood there are problems in most areas.

The health service is constantly under pressure from the public; performance levels are well below the required standard; Scotland’s economy can only be described as lacklustre, trailing well behind the rest of the UK.

Local authorities struggle to provide adequate public services, mainly due to Holyrood interference.

Police Scotland, an illconceived experiment of the SNP administration struggles to provide the service expected by members of the public. It lacks control, judgment, and apparently has difficulty in conforming to budgets.

I could go on but all I will say is that it will be a blessing to Scotland when the SNP cease to have a controlling role at Holyrood.

What Scotland needs is to get back to the regional parliament envisaged by the late Donald Dewar and his cohorts, in which Scottish affairs were handled – well – by the Scottish Executive.

Nicola Sturgeon should try to forget about her “nationalist dream” and get on with her job to improve Scotland’s administration. If she fails to produce, then she should stand down. The electorate expect results – not political dogma.

Robert IG Scott. Northfield, Ceres.

We don’t have enough GPs, nurses or support staff to cope with the rapidly increasing age and needs profile of our population. Working out who to hold responsible for that is a separate issue. So we must find ways to make our available resources stretch further