St Andrew?

Clips of Jeremy Corbyn floundering under the request for an apology over anti-semitism in his grilling by Andrew Neil were jaw-dropping.

Equally so was Nicola Sturgeon’s flapping discomfort and visible agony when questioned on Scotland’s NHS. Labour’s Barry Gardner emerged looking as shaken as the others. After viewing these, the idea Labour and the SNP could or should form some kind of coalition to govern the UK is preposterous.

After watching these leaders being grilled without a studio audience unbalanced by hidden fanatics, it was startling how truth started to emerge under a highly skilled questioner.

So, let us have all future TV debates without an audience of any kind, and preferably one-on-one sessions with Andrew Neil. In Scotland we have a fractured opposition to nationalism and that allows the SNP to rule pretty much as Labour did in their years of hegemony.

It is little comfort to know that these political eras always end in tears. In the meantime, Andrew Neil is all we have to protect us.

ALEXANDER MCKAY New Cut Rigg, Edinburgh

After watching Monday evening’s Andrew Neil interview with Nicola Sturgeon, I would like to think that the rather tame political commentators we currently have on BBC Scotland and STV take a look at themselves, learn a lesson from Andrew Neil and stop giving Nicola Sturgeon such an easy ride every time they interview her for television. The same can be said of our opposition parties, who seldom seem to be able to land a decent punch on her!

Thank you Andrew Neil, in your interview you spoke for Scotland.

MICHAEL MILLER Craigievar Avenue,

Carron, Falkirk