There isn’t the talent around to allow Holyrood to continue

THE last 24 hours have clearly demonstrated what a pathetic farce we have in terms of the body responsible for managing the very important affairs, the overall welfare, health, education and security of the people of Scotland.

There will be very few indeed who will regret the departure of Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, who by their own admission, and with an acknowledged selfinvolvement, were more interested and concerned in the welfare and protection of the minority transgender/ LGBTQA+ section of society, than implementing economic growth initiatives for the benefit of the majority of Scots.

Likewise, the more than likely demise of Humza Yousaf next week, when he loses the no confidence vote tabled by Douglas Ross, won’t come as a surprise to many. In his year or thereabouts in office, he has done absolutely nothing to “add value” to the lives of any Scots. On the contrary, he has proved himself worthy of his moniker, “Useless”.

Against this farcical background, and to make it even more farcical, if the balance of power potentially, next week, rests in the hands of Ash Regan of the Alba party, then surely, for the benefit of all Scots regardless of their political persuasion, it is high time that Westminster acknowledged that it is no longer allowable or fair that us poor

Scots be administered by such a bunch of inexperienced incompetents, and that the process to dissolve devolution must be instigated.

There simply isn’t the talent or competence around in Scotland to allow this devolution debacle to continue.

If devolution, as we currently know it, does continue, then all Scots will be by far, in all respect, the worst-off of all members of the United Kingdom.

Paul Mcphail, Glasgow.

Time the Greens ditched indy

NOW that the Scottish Greens have been ditched by the SNP as being surplus to Humza Yousaf’s requirements, is it not time that the Greens in turn dumped their support for separating Scotland from the UK, the SNP’S reason for existence?

The Green Party’s primary aim, and the main reason its supporters vote for it, is to protect the environment and to promote the move towards net zero. They would be far better working to reduce the entire UK’S emissions, which although small in global terms, are far greater than Scotland’s miniscule contribution. Not to do so would be the equivalent of deciding to protect one’s own back garden because it’s easier than making the effort to save a nearby forest.

Many whose voting intentions were motivated by either climate change or separation conveniently overlooked the secondary obsessions such as gender recognition reform, named persons bills, hate crime laws and more in the belief that a coalition would help them to achieve their main aims. Having seen the resultant incompetence, turmoil and division, the time has come for a reformed Green Party that addresses green issues on a meaningful scale, working with their equivalents south of the Border and leaving the SNP to its fantasy future.

Mark Openshaw, Aberdeen.