Sturgeon ‘not the voice of reason’

SUSAN Martin (letters, May 20) raises some interesting points.

I would agree that no-one wants to see nuclear proliferation.

The war in Ukraine is indeed a “man’s war” but perhaps Susan would prefer it if Ukrainian women and children were on the front line. They would be in significantly more danger than if they had been evacuated away and may well cause concern for brave men on the front, but at least their voices might be heard.

The First Minister, in promoting an alternative to the “macho man’s domination of the world”, actually advocated a no-fly zone over Ukraine, which would have certainly brought us significantly closer to the nuclear apocalypse. She’s hardly the “voice of reason” that Susan claims.

However, I expect, as always, this is more to do with appealing to the domestic audience in Scotland, and the SNP’S innate need to virtue-signal and to contrast with Westminster; all combined with a lack of understating of foreign affairs and geopolitics, which is well outwith Ms Sturgeon’s legislative remit and job description.

David Bone, Girvan,

South Ayrshire.