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that they enforce broken puritanica­l laws then they would be better resourced to deal with burglary, murder, rape and other real crimes. Broken laws need to be repealed to restore faith and respect in our police force.

formula_freddy Ever thought if their drugs weren’t illegal then they wouldn’t rob you? Why do you care what they do to themselves?

Portrait How would they get the money for their drugs? If you’re suggesting that they’re paid for with taxpayers’ money, that’s one reason someone would object.

Danny Craig I do not understand why any self-publicity obsessed persons should have any right to waste the time of any Scot in this way – let alone create a charge on the taxpayer by so doing...

corrigenda I am disturbed somewhat by her phrase “men are the threat”; to me that is not the words of a feminist. Ideas are threatenin­g, not a gender as a whole.

Claire Melville The Scottish Parliament building is a function room that does all sorts except for, it seems, actual politics. A car boot sale would be fun.

sandie Who? And who cares anyway? The current batch of one-day wonders blabbing twaddle over the media will soon give way to a new bandwagon.

borderbill

Ts are no longer wanted and must be shunned, Ls, Gs, Bs and Qs are just fine, though.

bobertjone­s

She sounds like tons of fun, another loud-mouthed bore with issues of attention.

TKR 1979

It strikes me that transpeopl­e are in a similar position now as homosexual­s were about 40 years ago. People talk as though they have made a lifestyle choice. They have not. They were born that way just as any woman or homosexual was born that way. The biological evidence supports this.

Persona non grata The issue I have is that gender politics dominates in Scotland. There are far bigger priorities – like education for one.

oneworld72 I’m as bored with “gender issues” as I am with Indy. Can our “government” not find something much more useful to involve itself in?

Paul Holyrood Take away all their mobile phones and bring kids back into the real world.

johnenosee ... and allow them to be slapped and shouted at for doing naughty things so they grow up knowing right from wrong.

Englishand­inscotland The importance of diet to brain function is being overlooked. The brain needs certain nutrients, chemicals, proteins and fats in the correct proportion­s. It appears that for a lot of teenagers this nutrient balance is lacking due to the modern diet, making them more susceptibl­e to mental illness and emotional stress. Again it appears the focus is on managing the symptoms instead of curing the disease.

Scunnered As per usual it’s concentrat­ed on females when in reality the vast majority of real suicides are young males.

duncan lucas

 ??  ?? 0 Reflection­s on the Tweed approachin­g Kelso on a pleasant Saturday evening add atmosphere in the foreground to this picture by reader Margaret Luke
0 Reflection­s on the Tweed approachin­g Kelso on a pleasant Saturday evening add atmosphere in the foreground to this picture by reader Margaret Luke

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