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It seems Alistair Carmichael will say and do just about anything to block any advance of the cause of independence for Scotland

Letters Stance of liar Alistair Carmichael on indy bill is hardly surprising

ON Saturday The National published a front-page splash headline proclaiming that Humza Yousaf had been “warned” to avoid supporting Ash Regan’s Referendum Bill. Read on and find that this “warning” comes from the proven liar Alistair Carmichael, who in 2015 avoided being ousted from his parliamentary seat only by a slim technicality having seen on election court uphold two charges relating to his lies.

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Patrick Harvie threatened to resign if Scottish Green Party members voted to end the Bute House Agreement

Letters Throwing of tantrums will not help advance the Greens’ ambitions

THE fact that Patrick Harvie had already threatened to resign if Scottish Green Party members voted to end the Bute House Agreement told any objective observer that this outcome was a distinct possibility in the near future.

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Keir Starmer has asserted that Labour are England’s ‘patriotic party’

Letters Keir Starmer’s patriotism underlines the need for English independence

SIR Keir Starmer’s claim that Labour are “the true party

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Rishi Sunak is also now escalating his war against the sick and disabled

Letters Rwanda 'safety' bill represents Tory rejection of truth and morality
THE passage of the so-called Rwanda “safety” bill by the rancid corrupt Tory brigands is a watershed and an abomination. It will stand out as an ignominious event of degradation and political filth, and will live in infamy. It represents a rejection of morality, truth, and the rule of law.

There was no opportunity for division to arise until activists had idle time in the wake of the referendum

Letters We cannot recreate the unity of 2014 – a new approach is needed

EVERYBODY wants unity. But they all want unity on their terms. Nobody is prepared to make the compromises that solidarity demands.

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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.

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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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