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Is the aim of the Greens to hold government positions in perpetuity?

Letters Will the SNP push the Greens out of government before they jump?
NOW the Greens are talking about withdrawing from the Bute House Agreement (BHA), saying that red lines have been crossed. Let’s not forget that last autumn their co-leader Lorna Slater went on record saying that independence for Scotland would NOT be a red line in any future agreement with the Labour Party to form a Scottish Government.

Rural Scotland will remain reliant on older cars for a good while yet

Letters Pledge to end use of fossil fuel-powered cars cannot be delivered
THE Greens are taking the huff because the levels of Greenness promised as part of the Bute House Agreement are being reduced.

Palestinians carry placards during a rally marking the annual prisoners’ day in the West Bank city of Nablus

Letters Surely Netanyahu and his cohorts must face courts in the Hague

WHAT does it take to convince the United Nations and Western governments that Netanyahu is committing war crimes and has been for several months in his directed attacks on Gaza and its people?

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Nicola Sturgeon made clear when she was referring to countries other than Scotland

Letters I’d have been quite lost without the FM’s briefings during lockdown

I READ Ann Leitch’s letter on Saturday with interest. When we were in lockdown I timed my “routine” round our First Minister’s daily appearances on TV.

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Humza Yousaf's strategy does not involve a de facto referendum this year

Letters SNP’s current plan will not get us closer to independence

I WRITE on the eve of Believe in Scotland’s march and rally in Glasgow, and in the wake of a couple of pieces in this paper, Jonathan Shafi’s of April 16 (“The Yes movement is back at square one and needs a complete renewal”) and Richard Walker’s of April 19 (“Independence is the only goal that Yes movement has to be unified on”). Both writers discern, correctly, that the movement for independence is in a bind.

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Marches and rallies will never be given extensive media coverage

Letters Voting SNP is the best way to demonstrate that we want independence

HAVING read the two most recent articles in The National concerning the cancellation of the “Harry Potter” train – most recently by Steph Brawn on April 4 – I’m disappointed that neither article mentions the time that West Coast Railways (WCR) have had in order to fix their door problem.

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Has Jonathon Shafi nailed the problem, but not the solution?

Letters Yes movement won’t succeed if its unholy civil war continues

WELL-WRITTEN, Jonathon Shafi (The Yes movement is back at square one and needs a complete renewal, Apr 16). You nailed the problem, but not the solution. The solution for an independent Scotland can only be achieved through unity of purpose, not factionalism, division, sabotage, back-stabbing, entryism, depression and defeatism.

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Are Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie prepared to resign from government?

Letters Many would welcome the principled Scottish Greens leaving government

I WAS greatly relieved to read the principled letter in Saturday’s National headed “Bringing an end to the Bute House Agreement is long overdue” by Niall Christie

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Prestigious brands are sold for more than the minimum unit price

Letters Cost of premium Scotch whisky will not rise due to minimum pricing

IN reply to Rod Dalitz letter in Friday’s letters. According to the Costco website all the Scotch whisky would be unaffected by the minimum unit price increase as they’re all above the MUP, at least according to the BBC site.

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We cannot have a truly independent foreign policy on Gaza as part of the UK

LETTERS With independence we can have a truly independent foreign policy
WHILE setting the fire (a log burner, but more of that later), my attention was drawn to an article by Owen Jones in The National on March 30 (Starvation may prove to be Israel’s deadliest crime) which I had missed or failed to read! I was appalled at the attached photograph of Yezen Al-Kfarna, 10, receiving medical treatment for malnourishment.