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Protesters gather in Dublin outside the Irish national broadcaster RTE, calling for Ireland to boycott Eurovision

Letters Eurovision hypocrisy over Russia and Israel must be called out
I HOPE I’m not alone in welcoming Steph Paton’s article “Boycotting Eurovision is a small but necessary act” (May 6). I’m going to look to see if there’s a #boycott that I can use, or maybe start one in an effort to show and garner further support for Palestine.

Policy would help address the disparities in wealth and health that bedevil Scotland

Letters Free public transport is a holistic solution to multiple problems
IT was heartening to see The National give space to Richie Venton of the Scottish Socialist Party to argue for free public transport and to outline the need for such a policy to help create jobs, improve our environment and address the disparities in wealth and health that bedevil Scotland (Free public transport would benefit people and the planet, May 7).

The former First Minister was focused on the SNP winning a majority of seats

Letters Sticking with Humza Yousaf’s election strategy is the wrong decision

SO, John Swinney has confirmed that he “will stick with the Yousaf strategy on independence.” This strategy firstly requires the SNP to win “the majority of Scottish seats” at the next General Election.

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Coverage of the local elections in England was revealing

Letters Labour and the Tories will forever be offering us less than the SNP

DURING coverage of the local elections in England, I noticed a worrying narrative from Labour and Tory representatives when asked about the performance – or even mere presence – of smaller parties like the Greens, LibDems and Reform UK, when considering any effect on their General Election performance.

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Is it too much to ask John Swinney to save the SNP seats that will be targeted by the Labour and the Tories in the General Election?

Letters The road to the 2026 election is not long as John Swinney would like

IN modern political times even a day seems like a long time in politics. Since midday on Monday the internet has been ablaze with comments from SNP MPs, MSPs, wannabe MPs and their army of employees who are all “delighted” that John Swinney is their latest leader.

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Do Sarwar and co expect us to believe Brexit is now supported?

Letters Labour want us to believe Scots have totally changed their minds

I NOTICED with great interest that Labour politicians in Scotland are telling us that voters no longer believe in things they believed in only a short time ago.

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Labour MSP Michael Marra was among those who mentioned 'community benefit'

Letters Poor show from MSPs debating SSEN's plans for rural Scotland

I WATCHED the debate in Holyrood last Thursday regarding SSEN’s proposed infrastructure nightmare and felt real anger as I viewed row after row of empty chairs. Chairs that once supported very well-paid MSPs, the majority of whom couldn’t leave the chamber fast enough after FMQs rather than listen to a debate that was of huge importance to Scotland’s citizens.

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John Swinney will not be short of things to do after once again becoming party leader

Letters The post of First Minister should not be a priority for the SNP leader
I FEAR for John Swinney. Leading your party and being First Minister doesn’t work. Humza, Nicola, Alex, Jack, Henry couldn’t do it and it killed Donald. It is also a British custom which hasn’t worked since Clem Attlee in 1945; it only worked for him as he had a host of battle-hardened lieutenants from the war coalition to help him and he still didn’t manage to abolish the House of Lords. Do we really want to follow the system that resulted in Liz Truss?

Has Scotland just experienced a crisis, or a blip on the road to independence?

Letters What would happen in the build-up to a 2026 de facto referendum?
WITH the recent local elections in England and Wales, we’re witnessing the blurred battle lines being smudged even more between Tory and Labour as they square up for the coming General Election. Tory battle lines are turgid and mired in 14 years of failures, ranging from posturing leaders to corruption and scandals and then all the way round to the actual inability to govern effectively.

The Scottish Greens have squandered a lot of good will

Letters Massive huff by the Scottish Greens will cost them future votes

MANY people gave their second vote to the Greens after the SNP in Scottish elections (despite the SNP’s constant message of “both votes SNP”, which I really think not many people paid attention to) as they had good will towards the Greens.

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