28 h. ago Readers' Letters: Leadership poll shows members' lack of faith in Greens 'cabal'

New leadership won’t make Scottish Greens more popular, reckons reader

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53 h. ago Readers' Letters: As Scotland cries out for government, SNP wants to talk Gaza at Holyrood

MSPs have no business spending parliamentary time on Gaza, says reader

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4 d. ago Readers’ letters: If we remain silent about Gaza we are complicit in cruelty

History will remember the people who turned their backs on starving children, a reader says

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5 d. ago Readers' Letters: MSP should show his faith in Reform by standing for re

Defected MSP Graham Simpson should put his money where his mouth is, says reader

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8 d. ago Readers' Letters: It's no surprise immigration is voters' priority

Politicians don’t understand concerns of regular people, says reader

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9 d. ago Readers' Letter: Single sex policy for toilets isn't a simple thing

Getting the balance right when it comes to toilet provision is a headache for architects, says reader

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1 week ago Readers' letters: Devolution has failed, whatever Henry McLeish thinks

A reader says Henry McLeish correctly listed the shortcomings of the Holyrood parliament but failed to draw the obvious conclusion

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1 week ago Readers' Letters: Will youngest voters fall for dubious promises of parties?

Young people must use new voting rights with care, says reader

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1 week ago Readers' letters: Salmon farmers care deeply about standards of animal welfare

The Chief Executive of Salmon Scotland rebuts criticism aimed at welfare standards on fish farms

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1 week ago Readers' letters: Trump is best hope we have of securing peace in Ukraine

A reader suggests Donald Trump may get a peace deal where other leaders have failed

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2 w. ago Readers' letters: The Kirk may be dying, but the need for faith remains

A retired minister has little faith in the future of the Church of Scotland but believes people still need something to believe in

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2 w. ago Readers' letters: Vladimir Putin got everything he wanted from Alaska summit

A reader says Vladimir Putin was the clear winner in the Alaska summit on the fate of Ukraine

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2 w. ago Readers' letters: Deluded gender activists need to be brought to book

A reader hits out at the National Library of Scotland’s decision to pull The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht from its ‘Dear Library’ centenary exhibition

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2 w. ago Fringe in full colour: Let your favourite colour guide your festival picks

With nearly 4,000 shows to choose from at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, deciding where to begin can be overwhelming. Do you search online? Trust the flyerer on the Mile? Or maybe you let your favourite colour make the call.

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2 w. ago Readers’ letters: Scottish Government's reaction to Gers figures stretches credulity

A reader criticises the SNP for blaming the UK Government for Scotland’s soaring public spending deficit

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2 w. ago Readers' letters: Calling Nicola Sturgeon 'divisive' is Orwellian revisionism

A reader takes issue with critics describing the ex-first minister as a ‘divisive’ figure

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3 w. ago Readers' letters: Upgrade Edinburgh City Bypass before building a second tram line

A reader says an upgrade to the Edinburgh City Bypass should be prioritised ahead of a second tram line for the capital

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3 w. ago Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025

The festival’s best joke award may have been binned this year, but the one-liners keep coming. Here are our favourites• 10 of the funniest jokes from the 2024 fringeOlaf Falafel: We named our children War and Peace – it’s a long story.Andrew Doherty: At my lowest, I was kicked out of the museum for being inappropriate with Michelangelo’s David. I’d hit rock bottom. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Readers' letters: Qualification questions in Scotland's education ‘data desert’?

I am sure that most of us would accept that, as a sampling exercise, the PISA ratings for reading, mathematics and science may be more approximate than exact. That said, the figures for Scottish pupils have declined pretty steadily since the first such exercise in 2000. This is a very touchy point with Scottish nationalists, especially when it can be shown that English schools are scoring better than Scottish schools, as was the case in the latest PISA results in 2022.

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3 w. ago Readers' letters: Israel's war in Gaza is not and act of 'self

A reader says it’s ludicrous to sugest Israel’s actions in Gaza are defensive or a proportionate response to Hamas’s terrorism

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