Letters
We must halt this appalling desecration of our landscape
![Some people will have a higher income in retirement than they had while working](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17749115.jpg)
![Some people will have a higher income in retirement than they had while working](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17749115.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer this week withdrew the whip from seven rebel Labour MPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348363.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer this week withdrew the whip from seven rebel Labour MPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348363.jpg)
![A bin overflowing with litter in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17306931.jpg)
![A bin overflowing with litter in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17306931.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![A Holyrood committee has warned that Gaelic in Scotland is in a “perilous state”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12425094.jpg)
![A Holyrood committee has warned that Gaelic in Scotland is in a “perilous state”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12425094.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn tabled the SNP amendment to the King's Speech on ending the two-child benefit cap](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348172.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn tabled the SNP amendment to the King's Speech on ending the two-child benefit cap](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348172.jpg)
![What part, if any, should religion play in schools?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17442291.jpg)
![What part, if any, should religion play in schools?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17442291.jpg)
![On the way to deliver the King's Speech in November 2023](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18316642.jpg)
![On the way to deliver the King's Speech in November 2023](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18316642.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
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![The state pension is £221 a week compared to the average wage of £689](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18344077.jpg)
![The state pension is £221 a week compared to the average wage of £689](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18344077.jpg)
![Is the Curriculum for Excellence causing a decline in school performance?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13258188.jpg)
![Is the Curriculum for Excellence causing a decline in school performance?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13258188.jpg)
![Dalmuir golf course in Clydebank, one of many municipal courses in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339642.jpg)
![Dalmuir golf course in Clydebank, one of many municipal courses in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18339642.jpg)
![Independence supporters and their opponents during a march in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12382038.jpg)
![Independence supporters and their opponents during a march in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12382038.jpg)
![Should we be aiming to make nuclear produce 50 per cent of our electricity?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8011756.jpg)
![Should we be aiming to make nuclear produce 50 per cent of our electricity?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8011756.jpg)
![Should Gordon Brown carry the can for the 2008 banking crisis?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10709769.jpg)
![Should Gordon Brown carry the can for the 2008 banking crisis?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10709769.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon giving a coronavirus briefing in May, 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11384417.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon giving a coronavirus briefing in May, 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11384417.jpg)
![Deputy PM Angela Rayner this week told the BBC:](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18210150.jpg)
![Deputy PM Angela Rayner this week told the BBC:](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18210150.jpg)
![The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital building in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11904281.jpg)
![The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital building in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11904281.jpg)
![The Scottish Government is to fund a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Ferguson Marine shipyard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18317271.jpg)
![The Scottish Government is to fund a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Ferguson Marine shipyard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18317271.jpg)
![Senator JD Vance, with Donald Trump, is a top contender to be selected as running mate (Jeff Dean/AP)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312472.jpg)
![Senator JD Vance, with Donald Trump, is a top contender to be selected as running mate (Jeff Dean/AP)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312472.jpg)
![Generic image of man in front of computer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18264264.jpg)
![Generic image of man in front of computer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18264264.jpg)
![Should Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop be doing more to resolve the ScotRail dispute with Aslef?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/4824882.jpg)
![Should Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop be doing more to resolve the ScotRail dispute with Aslef?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/4824882.jpg)
![Alex Salmond and David Cameron signing the Edinburgh Agreement in October 2012 which paved the way for the independence referendum](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9755342.jpg)
![Alex Salmond and David Cameron signing the Edinburgh Agreement in October 2012 which paved the way for the independence referendum](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9755342.jpg)
![People believed to be migrants leaving by bus from the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18293702.jpg)
![People believed to be migrants leaving by bus from the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18293702.jpg)
![Margaret Thatcher's right to buy policy has been heavily criticised in recent years](/resources/images/128x89/1x/6283964.jpg)
![Margaret Thatcher's right to buy policy has been heavily criticised in recent years](/resources/images/180x180/1x/6283964.jpg)
![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312963.jpg)
![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312963.jpg)
![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14261801.jpg)
![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14261801.jpg)
![BT is in the process of moving analogue landline services to digital](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304699.jpg)
![BT is in the process of moving analogue landline services to digital](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304699.jpg)
![Are we already globally recognised as a nation?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10573885.jpg)
![Are we already globally recognised as a nation?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10573885.jpg)
![Should there be a Greater Glasgow authority with an elected head?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9900236.jpg)
![Should there be a Greater Glasgow authority with an elected head?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9900236.jpg)
![Should the impending mothballing of Ineos's Grangemouth plant serve as a warning to Scotland?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17761553.jpg)
![Should the impending mothballing of Ineos's Grangemouth plant serve as a warning to Scotland?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17761553.jpg)
![Many are pointing the finger at Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16092896.jpg)
![Many are pointing the finger at Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16092896.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer withn his wife Victoria](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18277750.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer withn his wife Victoria](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18277750.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
![Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17835000.jpg)
![Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17835000.jpg)
![Could abolishing council tax reductions help finance new affordable houses?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17565022.jpg)
![Could abolishing council tax reductions help finance new affordable houses?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17565022.jpg)
![Jim Sillars has penned an open letter to SNP members lambasting the party's failure to progress the cause of independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295811.jpg)
![Jim Sillars has penned an open letter to SNP members lambasting the party's failure to progress the cause of independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295811.jpg)
![SNP Alison Thewliss is consoled after losing the Glasgow North seat at Emirates Arena in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18288056.jpg)
![SNP Alison Thewliss is consoled after losing the Glasgow North seat at Emirates Arena in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18288056.jpg)
IN FULL
![Should surrounding areas be incorporated into the Glasgow local authority area?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135643.jpg)
![Should surrounding areas be incorporated into the Glasgow local authority area?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135643.jpg)
![Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is one of the highest-profile of the new intake of MPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18280569.jpg)
![Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is one of the highest-profile of the new intake of MPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18280569.jpg)
General election
![Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17645296.jpg)
![Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17645296.jpg)
![Mhairi Black and Douglas Alexander at the declaration of the Paisley and Renfrewshire South result in 2015](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16283818.jpg)
![Mhairi Black and Douglas Alexander at the declaration of the Paisley and Renfrewshire South result in 2015](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16283818.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar at the Scottish Labour election launch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18119857.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar at the Scottish Labour election launch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18119857.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to elated supporters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18275209.jpg)
![Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to elated supporters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18275209.jpg)
General election
!['Antiquated Westminster should embrace real change'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18191669.jpg)
!['Antiquated Westminster should embrace real change'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18191669.jpg)
General Election
![Balmoral Castle (PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17926870.jpg)
![Balmoral Castle (PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17926870.jpg)
![Andy Murray won the Wimbledon championship twice (Anthony Devlin/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18262083.jpg)
![Andy Murray won the Wimbledon championship twice (Anthony Devlin/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18262083.jpg)
Andy Murray
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked by rain, walks back in to 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18113226.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked by rain, walks back in to 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18113226.jpg)
!['Trying to see the positives' in parties led by Sunak and Starmer 'is not so easy'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18256663.jpg)
!['Trying to see the positives' in parties led by Sunak and Starmer 'is not so easy'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18256663.jpg)
!['Why is the political establishment pandering to JK Rowling and her pet issue?'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17921575.jpg)
!['Why is the political establishment pandering to JK Rowling and her pet issue?'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17921575.jpg)
General election
![Scottish people who have disabilities 'face chaos'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13797636.jpg)
![Scottish people who have disabilities 'face chaos'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13797636.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during their BBC Head-to-head debate](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18253276.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during their BBC Head-to-head debate](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18253276.jpg)
General election
![Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, was at the centre of a race controversy this week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18252174.jpg)
![Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, was at the centre of a race controversy this week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18252174.jpg)
![Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her prime](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17877007.jpg)
![Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her prime](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17877007.jpg)
![Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi, in the satirical series, The Thick of It](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18200786.jpg)
![Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi, in the satirical series, The Thick of It](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18200786.jpg)
General election
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