Scotland needs to waken up

THE SNP’S army of spinners have done their job. They have managed to turn the focus of the local elections on to one subject only – Boris Johnson and the Westminster Tories.

The state of our towns and cities and countryside is barely mentioned in any of the campaigns. Instead, Anas Sarwar in particular was fighting Mr Johnson, seemingly unaware he was not standing. Mr Sarwar appears unable to focus on what the local elections are about. By doing so, those opposed to the SNP – the majority of voters – have been abandoned and it looks certain the nationalists will on Friday remain by far the dominant party, as far as seats are concerned, in Scotland.

If only Scottish Labour would recognise who is cutting budgets and opening pretend embassies overseas or nationalising shipyards with money that could have saved many drug victims’ lives and made our cities cleaner and safer and lifted our potholeridden streets out of third world level. That was not Mr Johnson. That was the SNP.

The opposition parties appear more interested in hurting and bad-mouthing each other, while the SNP’S spinners rub their hands in glee. Waken up, Scotland.

Alexander Mckay,

Edinburgh.