Sunday's editorials cover misogyny in Police Scotland, Brexit and the new Bond movie.

Sunday Times 

Anyone in Scottish Policing eager to dismiss mysogny as a Metropolitan Police issue should "think again", writes Russell Findlay.

"I am a new MSP having spent decades as a journalist reporting on Scotland's seedy underbelly.

"It is evident that mysogynistic bullying, sex discrimination and sexual predators are as a much a problem in Police Scotland's ranks as the Met's, with the important caveat of the majority of officers being dilligent and decent.

"One such miscreant was Inspector Adam Carruthers who used the status of uniform to commit sex attacks, even raping a crime victim in her own home.

"An investigation by Dumfries and Galloway Police colleagues somehow came to nothing and he was brought to justice in 2001 only thanks to an outside force investigating.

"It later emerged that he targeted up to 38 women during his 20-year career.

"I have also reported on female officers being ostracised and intimidated after making complaints of sexism or sexual violence against male colleagues.

"My wife is a serving officer. I know what an incredible job they do. But if Police Scotland want to maintain Trust, they have work to do."

 

Sunday Post 

Movie critic Siobhan Synnot cites the reasons why she believes Daniel Craig is the best ever Bond.

"A few days before Casino Royale was released, I interviewed a tense, terse Craig about becoming Bond. By this point, journalists were not his favourite people; when the studio sent him down the Thames in a speedboat to formally launch him as the latest actor to play 007, some of the British papers mocked him for wearing a lifejacket.

"Another story claimed he didn’t know how to drive, let alone handle an Aston Martin. Cheesed off with the lot of us, Craig sat down, rattled off some short, sharp answers, and then swept out.

"Meanwhile, the studio had started to show sneak previews of Casino Royale, and word got round that Craig had a hit on his hands with a performance so electrifying he looked set to jumpstart a long and lazy franchise back to life after the disappointment of Die Another Day.

"Craig’s portrayal was more conflicted than any Bond since From Russia With Love. Instead of fancy manners and silly gadgets he brought complexity, character and old-school acting chops.

"Fans still got their fix of explosive action scenes but Craig’s Bond was vulnerable, made mistakes and bruised and bled."

"The first Bond to get a Bafta nomination for his performance, he put in the work needed to balance Ian Fleming’s original perception of Bond as “a blunt instrument” with a modern audience’s desire for a damaged yet rousing hero."

 

Scotland on Sunday

'Scotland should not be suffering as a result of Brexit', writes Angus Robertson, SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central. 

"Scottish Ministers, employers and stakeholders have, over many years, warned the UK Government about the impact of recklessly pursuing a hard Brexit, particularly during the height of an unprecedented pandemic.

"We – and many others –also warned the UK Government of the consequences of ending of freedom of movement, and the stark limitations of the current UK immigration system.

"On petrol station forecourts and across our economy and society, we now see the results.

"Our world class food and drink industry struggling to export their produce. Our universities frozen out of international research collaboration.

"Our manufacturers and our service companies hit by the deplorable decision to press ahead with Brexit in the midst of the greatest public health crisis of our times.

"In particular, the abrupt end of free movement of people has left Scotland, and the whole of the UK, with no flexibility to address the impacts of labour shortages in vital sectors of our economy, most clearly seen in the current disruption to fuel supplies caused by a lack of HGV drivers.

"The UK Government’s proposal of a three month visa route for 5,000 additional hauliers and 5,500 poultry workers is inadequate.

"The Scottish Government has asked to speak to the UK Immigration Minister Kevin Foster no fewer than 19 times to talk about these and other matters.

"Mr Foster has finally agreed to meet me.

"I will reiterate Scotland’s distinct immigration requirements – which are quite different from the rest of the UK’s – and the urgency of these changes to the Immigration Rules to ensure Scotland’s businesses and public services can access the skills they need. I will highlight the need for sustainable solutions rather than sticking plasters which will last mere weeks.

"I will also make clear that Scotland should not be suffering in this way. Scotland did not vote for Brexit.

"That vote has been ignored."