Letters

Should fixed-term energy deals be approached with caution?

Letters: Be very wary of the profiteering when you're offered a fixed-term energy deal
VARIOUS expert observers of the unfolding energy crisis have urged consumers to sign up for fixed-term deals with suppliers to provide resilience against price spikes.

Do we get the best service we can expect from NHS 24?

Letters: SNP should stop the posturing and deliver a decent health service

The Scottish Government does not interfere with universities in the way that its English counterpart does

Letters: Let's get past the knee-jerk reactions over the Scottish Government's record on education

Could the SNP turn to John Swinney if Nicola Sturgeon stands down?

Letters: Is Sturgeon poised to go to pre-empt her indy failure?

Letters: Abortion buffer zones should be increased. The intimidation of women must stop

Letters: Abortion buffer zones should be increased. We must show compassion for women going through this trauma

Is Sir Keir Starmer too cautious as Labour leader?

Letters: What's the point of Labour if it won't fight this attack on the weakest?

Is Nicola Sturgeon given too soft a ride by opponents and the media?

Letters: This is no time to be appeasing Nicola Sturgeon

Disappointing exam results don't have to spell the end of a person's education

Letters: Youngsters should be reassured that their final school results do not define them

Students at Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes, Fife, open their exam results. Photo: PA

Letters: The last-century thinking that shapes our approach to school exams

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, pictured by Gordon Terris in 2019

Letters: Can the Kirk still claim to be the country’s national church?

Scotland’s North Sea “has the potential to become the cheap green-energy hub of Europe”

Letters: Energy-rich Scotland is paying the price of being in the Union

Humza Yousaf at the Eye Centre, NHS Golden Jubilee National Hospital, in Clydebank

Letters: The NHS still functions well when needed

Accessing medical appointments on the phone can be difficult

Letters: Elderly NHS patients who can’t use new technology risk ‘being abandoned’

Anthony Barber “faced the same spectre of stagflation as we do today” (PA/EMPICS)

Letters: The lessons for Truss and Sunak in Barber’s ‘dash for growth’

Nicola Sturgeon has been steadily building up ‘international recognition for Scotland’

Letters: The Tories’ attacks on Sturgeon betray fear and ignorance

Thirteen sets of twins due to start the new school term in the Inverclyde area pose for a photograph at St Mary's Primary School in Greenock, Inverclyde, ahead of their first day at school last August

Letters: We should lower school starting age

The Bank of England this week announced a historic half-point rate rise

Letters: We need a sophisticated approach to the economic crisis

A CalMac ferry leaves for North Uist from Uig, on Skye (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Letters: Is the SNP government seeking to depopulate the Western Isles?

Liz Truss ‘has developed Boris Johnson’s foot-in-mouth problem’

Letters: Truss is tactless when it comes to Sturgeon and Scotland

The system of free university tuition for Scots was this week attacked as grossly unfair by the think tank Reform Scotland

Letters: The Scottish Government must give up control of the funding of higher education

Liz Truss at the Conservative hustings in Exeter on Monday, where she said: “I think the best thing to do with Nicola Sturgeon is ignore her.”

Letters: Truss has insulted us all. Get ready for even more acrimony

England's Chloe Kelly (right) celebrates scoring her side's second goal in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final at Wembley on Sunday

Letters: Women's football is selling its soul as it treads the sordid path of the men's game

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has warned the Scottish Government may have to cut budgets to fund public sector pay deals without extra cash from Westminster

Letters: Tories are right to refuse to bail out SNP regime

Scotland's latest drug death figures are almost identical to last year's

Letters: Tories need to take a long hard look at how their polices have made life so hard for addicts

Sir Keir Starmer has upset many on Labour's left

Letters: How are we supposed to know what Labour stands for?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss

Letters: Power-crazed Sunak and Truss are taking the Scottish people for mugs

Should current domestic and world problems take precedence over thoughts of independence?

Letters: Now more than ever we must preserve the unity of the UK

Nicola Sturgeon launching the Scottish Government’s Renewing Democracy Through Independence paper at Bute House earlier this month

Letters: Our hearts have hardened: we will not play the SNP's game again

The not proven verdict has long enjoyed the confidence of the judiciary

Letters: There is a logic in the not proven verdict and abolishing it will have consequences

Sam Tarry has been sacked as shadow transport minister by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer Picture: BBC

PREMIUM Michael Settle: Trouble on the left wing could make Labour miss an open goal

How high a price will we pay for the so-called golden age of air travel?

Letters: Future generations sweltering on an overheated planet will curse this dark age of ignorance

People march in solidarity with striking rail workers in Glasgow last Saturday, at a time when friction between the unions and the Government is increasing

Letters: We must resist the Tory attacks on trade unions

There has been heavy criticism of ticket prices for Bruce Springsteen's 2023 UK tour

Letters: Stop feeding the music industry's money god. Keep it live and local

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss at Monday night's Tory leadership debate, televised on BBC1

Letters: Inept Tories have handed the next election to Labour

The prospect of a long, arduous journey while in labour can be a worry to many mothers-to-be

Letters: We must urgently review the dangerous trend away from rural maternity services

The problems at Dover are widely believed to be a consequence of leaving the single market, but how would an independent Scotland fare?

Letters: Twisting the facts to boost the Union simply won't wash

Renewables is not just about wind: solar power, as well as tidal, will be part of Scotland's future

Letters: We must set an example to the rest of the world and grasp the renewables future

Would independence mean restricting the movement of people, goods and services throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

Letters: So here is the compelling case for us to stay in the Union

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer

Letters: So Labour says it will not work with the SNP? It must like being in opposition

Yet another grave is dug for a Ukrainian civilian killed in a Russian attack, this time in Pokrovsk in the east of the country

Letters: We have to stand firm against Russia's fascist regime

Liz Truss celebrates with her supporters after making the final two in the Tory leadership contest

Letters: If Liz Truss wins, you can kiss goodbye to decent public services

Do we really need to rethink our entire energy strategy?

Letters: Pursuing the green dream at the expense of the wellbeing of the people is a virtue-signalling nonsense

Will Scotland's affairs be better served by either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss?

Letters: Whoever wins, Scotland will still be squeezed out

All smiles at the dawn of devolution in 1991. Will the Scotland Act 1988 override Scotland's tradition of sovereignty of the people?

Letters: So is Scotland to be a national entity or a possession?

Nicola Sturgeon said last week she would be happy to talk to the new Prime Minister about arrangement for a second independence referendum

Letters: If Sturgeon wants an indyref deal, here's what she has to do

Would more face to face consultations with GPs lead to a reduction in A&E numbers?

letters We must get GPs back in the surgery seeing patients if we are to ease hospital problems

Braving the hot temperatures in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens this week. Picture: Gordon Terris

Letters: Ignore the shameful media hysteria. Let's take the sensible precautions and enjoy the summer

Votes cast in the 2019 General Election are counted at the SEC, Glasgow

Letters: It is Scotland's votes that keep the Union on an even keel

The MV Caledonian Isles approaching Ardrossan harbour. Do ferries on this crossing need to be so big?

Letters: The intransigence of the RMT is holding back progress on Scotland's lifeline ferry services

Letters: Time to stop demonising migrants. Let's celebrate the benefits they bring to Scotland

A Ukrainian serviceman lights a candle at the site of a Russian attack on Vinnytsia on Thursday which killed at least 23 people

Letters: We must not let our support for Ukraine backslide

Has the UK Government denied Scotland a fair share of the benefits of North Sea oil and gas?

Letters: The Tories only have themselves to blame for the success of the SNP

Sri Lankan protesters descend upon prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Colombo, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid the collapse of the nation’s agriculture

Letters: Decisions taken at the virtue-signalling COP26 summit are having devastating consequences

Should anglers accept responsibility for the decline in wild salmon stocks?

Letters: Stop scapegoating the salmon industry. Anglers have caught and killed millions of wild fish