Promise less, deliver more, save the planet
Every government promises more than it can deliver but are we really meant to believe Nicola Sturgeon is going to nationalise the railways and launch a National Care Service in the next few years?
Meanwhile, our NHS is on its knees, the economy is in tatters and we’re still being promised a referendum before the end of 2023. It’s all pie in the sky.
It is appropriate that Cop26 is coming to Scotland to talk about global warming because I’ve never heard so much hot air.
Thomas Gunn, Glasgow
Stars are all winners
I was interested in Judy Murray’s comments on the monetary award to US and Australian gold medal winners. If money is to be awarded it should be to all participants.
The winners have their medals as the top in their event but all the competitors were giving of their best. One competitor, seventh in his event, recorded a personal best. Should he also not be recognised? To me, all participants in the Paralympics are winners.
James Thompson, Dunbar
Animal rescue
The Email Jury about Pen Farthing and his team gave the wrong impression about his flight.
Pen’s flight was privately funded and his intention was to evacuate the entire team from Afghanistan and offer the other 100 or so seats to other Afghans. The animals travelled in the hold, where no humans could travel, hence this was never a case of putting animals before humans.
It was a humanitarian effort thwarted by political decisions and media persecution. Pen is still fighting to get the rest out.
Donna Mackenzie, Falkirk
A damp good idea
To the reader who wrote the letter about sticky labels on books: if you damp a cloth, add a drop of washing-up liquid and gently rub the offending mark it will come away and you can just pat it dry.
This is great for grubby books and games boxes. Don’t dig it in with a vengeance and leave a hole, just a gentle rub. Good luck! Elizabeth O’regan, by email
A menu for waste
I keep hearing about supermarkets and their efforts to reduce food waste, so it came as a surprise to me, when visiting a Morrisons cafe for lunch, I selected a pasta
meal from their menu and asked for chips, something I had done previously, as they asked if you wanted chips, garlic bread or salad.
Not any longer. This time I was charged extra for chips and given salad, which I didn’t want and which went to waste.
Why the retrograde move at a time of supposedly wanting to cut food waste?
Clive Shutler, by email
Where eagles soar
Jim Crumley’s article about the eagles brought back memories of my stay on Arran. Seeing these birds in the wild was unforgettable.
To say I was stupefied does not totally reflect my feelings watching them. I was entranced.
Thank you, Mr Crumley, for reviving beautiful memories. Dave Appleby, Newcastle