Assuming Nicola Sturgeon does not use recent events to kick the "Summer of Lurv" campaign into the "machair", who will she choose to change the minds of those who stand between Scotland and independence?
The Holyrood barrel has been well and truly scraped to form a cabinet and, once she eliminates rookies and those best kept hidden or tainted by scandal or hypocrisy from Westminster, she is left with Pete Wishart and Alex Salmond.
What she needs is a long-serving SNP member, a true Socialist and inspiring orator with a clear economic, constitutional and social vision and a credible position on the EU. Step forward Mr James Sillars.
Allan Sutherland,
1 Willow Row,
Stonehaven.
It was commendable for Nicola Sturgeon to agree Depute Leader Stewart Hosie had made the right decision to resign in circumstances threatening to impact badly on the reputation of the SNP. This will set new morality standards, so SNP politicians will be obliged to take this on board as a real deterrent to unacceptable personal behaviour.
Dennis Forbes Grattan,
3 Mugiemoss Road,
Bucksburn, Aberdeen.
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