Letters

Letters

Sir Graham Brady, chairman, of the 1922 Committee, has already received letters of no confidence in Liz Truss

The Conservative party's 'broad church' has experienced a huge schism
CONSERVATIVE Party conference has erupted in disarray this week, and Truss has to pull the disparate parts of their “broad church” together. A “barnstorming” speech was never on the cards, as that is not in her skill set.

How many people appreciate the cultural and historical relevance of knitting to Scotland?

Letters When I was knitting I did not realise I was creating a piece of history

Liz Truss erroneously claimed to have been the first Prime Minister to have ‘gone to a comprehensive school’

Letters Even fact-checking Liz Truss's big speech is beyond these Tories

It seems the Home Secretary cannot join the dots and see the solution staring her in the face

LETTERS Suella Braverman and colleagues seem to be incapable of joined-up thinking

From left, Gavin Vernon, Ian Hamilton and Alan Stewart confess to retrieving the Stone in 1951

LETTERS Stone of Destiny escapade by Ian Hamilton and friends fired up a nation

Liz Truss will be appointed Prime Minister by the Queen at Balmoral

LETTERS Having the Prime Minister appointed in Scotland should fool no-one

Perhaps even they couldn't say why they did what they did on September 23

LETTERS Did Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng trash the economy to look ‘hard’?

Is the former PM banking on voters having short memories?

LETTERS Boris Johnson will see Liz Truss’s likely failure as his route back to power

Douglas Ross will now wish he'd commented in a more neutral and balanced manner on this matter

Letters Those who hailed the top-rate tax cut are still welcome to leave Scotland

Scotland has 24% of Europe’s total renewable resources in wind and tidal

Letters We cannot let Tories pawn Scotland's resources like they did in 1970s

Liz Truss has signalled that Scotland will be refused permission for indyref2 regardless of what the court rules

Letters Liz Truss is demonstrating that she has no respect for the UK Supreme Court

Estimated bills can still be issued even if you have a smart meter

Letters Underestimated usage can give energy suppliers a dishonest windfall bonus

The BBC's Martin Geissler suggested that if Scotland was newly independent it would be 'deeply in the mire' now

Letters Here's what Martin Geissler and co are scared to ask about independence

The Chancellor presented a series of headline tax cuts without reference to the overall future fiscal position of the UK

Letters Be clear about which mistake by Kwasi Kwarteng spooked the markets

Liz Truss hinted at this plan in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg

Letters Truss's plan to simplify the tax system might sound reasonable, but beware

Douglas Ross speaks at a Scottish Conservative fringe event at his party's conference in Birmingham

Letters Will Douglas Ross apologise for the guff he spewed about the mini-budget?

Has First Minister gathered too much power to the centre?

A message to Nicola Sturgeon: please reassure the wobbly voters like me

People point to the fear around the economy and pensions, but 75% of Remain voters were No voters

Letters Here’s why I believe No was the right vote for Scotland in 2014

Those wreaking this economic havoc do not have to worry about keeping a roof over their heads

Letters Are any members of the Cabinet scared to turn on the heating?

Liz Truss’s government has many laws for us and apparently none at all for them

Letters Liz Truss has dodged an economic safeguard created by the Conservatives

There are other ways of getting a referendum

LETTER Appeal to the Supreme Court is the wrong tactic to win independence

Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have presided over a few record lows for the pound, with the Bank of England having to intervene to protect the currency

LETTERS The gluttony of the financial cabal is at the root of this UK’s crises

Pioneering Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson

LETTER Pioneering medics would have backed John Mason’s stance

Everyone associated with the ambitious Ferguson ferries contract is no doubt sorry for the delays

LETTERS Mistakes over ferries need to be kept in perspective

Liz Truss wouldn't be a good fit for the programme

LETTERS No wonder Liz Truss has never appeared on Just a Minute

Which of the current parties will actually stand in an election following independence?

LETTERS Reframe the question about who to vote for post-independence

On of Osborne's first moves as Chancellor was to create the Office for Budget Responsibility

Letters Kwasi Kwarteng has stuck his middle finger up at austerity Osborne

Rather than braving the television cameras, Liz Truss opted to read her script about the mini-Budget in radio interviews

Letters Have the Tory members who chose Liz Truss got what they wanted?

Gordon Brown gave independence over monetary policy to the Bank of England in 1997

Letters Why would anyone put faith in a plan by gold-seller Gordon Brown?

Attacks on the SNP by the likes of Lisa Nandy show that any objectivity has been abandoned

Letters To Labour, Scotland as a nation means nothing but seats to be won

The new Chancellor presented his mini-Budget knowing that limited scrutiny would follow as a result of parliament going into a two-week recess

Letters Parliament should be recalled given gravity of the UK's economic situation

Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have detonated a financial bomb underneath us

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng need to be removed from office immediately

The Bank of England is expected to make significant interest-rate increases

Letters Now mortgage costs are soaring, workers will be reluctant to strike

Arran Development Trust hopes to see changes to the rules that will help free up land for housing

Letters Action on land reform can help to provide much-needed rural housing

The Supreme Court is offered a way out by going along with the idea that the people being permitted a chance to express a preference is enough

Letters Scottish Government submission dodges question of execution

Kwasi Kwarteng should be asked what his tax breaks will do for the poorest few million in the UK

Letters Where is the extra for pockets of the poorest who do not pay tax?

The Labour leader is promising to help Scotland shape its own future

Letters Has Keir Starmer been walking around with earplugs in since 2014?

At that time were were enjoying all the many benefits of European citizenship, government debt was less than half of what it is today and the pound was worth 50% more against the dollar

Letters Scotland's 2014 decision to remain in the UK has been disastrous

A British Social Attitudes survey has recorded support for independence at 52%

Letters Nothing of what we were promised in 2014 has materialised

The decreased value of the pound has put further pressure on already struggling households

Letters Tory mini-Budget is a plan for recession that will deliver chaos, not growth

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is protecting the Tory party's own vested interests

Letters Trickle-down economics was rejected as a failure two millennia ago

Brexit is a significant factor impacting on the limited capacity of Scotland's NHS

This metaphor helps to explain hospital blockages that lead to A&E delays

Protests have erupted over the death of 22-year-old Jina Amini, who was murdered for not wearing the 'proper Hijab'

Letters Protests in Iran could lead to self-determination for East Kurdistan

John Swinney says that Scotland is at the mercy of UK decisions, but we have hard-won tax powers of
our own

Letters Scotland could use land value taxation to balance its books

The once mighty Sterling is now close to parity with the US dollar

Letters Unionist silence in response to the mini-Budget is deafening

Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-Budget’ has faced wide criticism for the way it seeks to benefit the wealthiest in society far more than those who are most in need of support

LETTERS Here’s my message to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng on his mini-Budget

Lesley Riddoch reflected on the movement's visibility

LETTERS Lesley Riddoch raises important questions for the Yes movement

A member of the public argues with police after trying to leave a crowded area at Buckingham Palace

Letter The police are still protecting the gentry from those of us who disapprove of it

Political convention is dead, basic political integrity is dead, basic political honesty is dead and statute is poorly drafted and mendacious

Letters We’ve already seen the death of political integrity and honesty in the UK

The likes of Douglas Ross will not be happy to hear about service personnel engaging more with Yes groups

Letters Rise in military support for Yes shows the writing’s on the wall for the UK

Unicef reports that at least 700 million people are at risk of displacement due to severe water shortages up to 2030

Letters Hundreds of millions will be forced to migrate if water shortages worsen

Doesn’t the Russian president need to rein his brain in? Either that or his compatriots need to do it for him

Letters It beggars belief that Putin’s madness is allowed to continue

UK Government approach is once again ‘buy now, pay later’ ... with us paying

Letters Response to energy crisis is reminiscent of the disastrous PPP scheme

Expect the image of King Charles III to be rehabilitated in the run-up to his coronation

Letters Royal sycophancy is only just beginning – it will carry on for many months