22 h. ago Readers' Letters: Swinney grandstands on Gaza while Scottish patients wait

John Swinney should stop trying to prove himself a world leader, says reader

Science

22 h. ago Readers' letters: Taxing the super wealthy further will fuel exodus from Scotland

A reader suggests that Scottish Greens leadership candidate Ross Greer has never heard of the Laffer curve

Economics

46 h. ago Readers' Letters: We could do with more politicians of Norman Tebbit's calibre

You don’t have to be a Tory to admire the late Norman Tebbit’s character, says reader

Politics

3 d. ago Readers' letters: Corbyn could be the kingmaker at Holyrood with his new far

A reader suggests Jeremy Corbyn’s new far-left party could be a bigger problem for the SNP than Labour

Politics

3 d. ago Readers' Letters: Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is over the top

Palestine Action should not be considered a terror group, say readers

Events

4 d. ago Voices: The bottom line? Britain simply can’t afford to impose a wealth tax

As battle lines are drawn within Labour over taxing the super-rich, Chris Blackhurst says that the government must resist Lord Kinnock’s siren call to take a 2 per cent slice of asset values above £10 million – because the country’s economic prosperity depends on it

Economics

4 d. ago Readers Letters: While experts say seagulls aren't savage, I'm on the ground, bloodied

The suggestion Scotland’s seagulls aren’t dangerous baffles reader

Events

7 d. ago Readers’ letters: Labour rebels were elected with a welfare reform mandate

A reader says Rachel Reeves’ tears would be understandable if they were about Labour rebels wrecking her work to reform the benefits system

Politics

7 d. ago Readers Letters: If UK Government will support English refinery, why not Grangemouth?

A tale of two refineries puzzles reader

Politics

9 d. ago Readers' Letters: If Glastonbury chants aren't a race crime, what is?

Glastonbury band’s political protest has readers divided

Events

1 week ago Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader

John Swinney is a little too nice to deliver independence, says a reader

Politics

1 week ago UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harmsA leading UN expert is calling for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation about the climate crisis and a total ban on fossil fuel industry lobbying and advertising, as part of a radical shake-up to safeguard human rights and curtail planetary catastrophe.Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change who presents her damning new report to the general assembly in Geneva on Monday, argues that the US, UK, Canada, Australia and other wealthy fossil fuel nations are legally obliged under international law to fully phase out oil, gas and coal by 2030 – and compensate communities for harms caused. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Readers' Letters: Now we know for sure we can't believe political posts on X

A revelation after Israel’s strikes on Iran leaves reader reeling

Politics

1 week ago Readers' Letters: George Street revamp money should be spent fixing roads

The latest pricey attempt by councillors to bring a European-style cafe culture to cold Edinburgh puzzles a reader who’s just trying to avoid all the potholes

Economics

2 w. ago Readers Letters: Dundee Uni chiefs pay for failure but ferry bosses are left alone

Is there one law for university incompetence and another for government, asks reader

Economics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Everything seems to be getting worse in Scotland

The Scotsman’s round-up of life in Scotland today dismays reader

Politics

2 w. ago Readers’ Letters: It’s past time to something about bloated public sector

Readers reckon the Scottish Government has its spending priorities all wrong

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' letters: Assisted dying is too important to be left to politicians

Readers call for a referendum to decide if assisted dying should be implemented

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland must get serious about women and create a system that welcomes them in, not keep them out

Our insitutions still treat women’s needs as inconveniences, a reader argues

Politics

2 w. ago The paradise island where millionaires go to avoid death (and taxes): Isle for the libertarian super

This isn't a place for a break but one to escape bureaucracy, regulation, and the two forces that usually catch up with everyone: death and taxes.

Economics