Awaiting a Covid hangover

YOUR report on the evidence given to the Scottish Affairs Committee by representatives of the pub, hotel and restaurant industries (“Pubs have lost £841m in beer sales during the pandemic”, The Herald, April 16) coupled with the Opinion column by Donald Macleod (“Freedom at long last? Don’t speak too soon”, The Herald April 16) certainly made for interesting reading.

If, as alleged, no scientific evidence has been provided by the Scottish Government or Professor Leitch and his merry band of advisers as to why the hospitality industry is being treated differently to other industries, and that their actions appear to have been based merely on unscientific personal opinion and perhaps the Government’s well-known antipathy to all things drinkrelated, then the eventual inquiry into actions taken during the current pandemic will undoubtedly make for even more interesting reading.

Dave Henderson,

Glasgow.