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Letter of the Day: Why should we care about overpaid and over-hyped American golfers?
Letter of the Day: Why should we care about overpaid and over-hyped American golfers?

Rachel Reeves has delivered her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Rachel Reeves has delivered her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Letter of the day

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Letter of the Day: Reeves has no mandate to nationalise pensions

Will we be subjected to more power cuts owing to our energy policies?

Will we be subjected to more power cuts owing to our energy policies?

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Letters: Be prepared for power cuts, reminders of the madness of net zero

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has announced his intention to stand for Holyrood

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has announced his intention to stand for Holyrood

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Letters: Holyrood is the only way to protect Scotland. Go for it, Stephen Flynn

Letter of the Day: It’s time to stop knocking Scotland

Letter of the Day: It’s time to stop knocking Scotland

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Scottish Government

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Letter of the Day: It’s time to stop knocking Scotland

Is our electricity generating strategy fatally flawed?

Is our electricity generating strategy fatally flawed?

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Letters: Why can't our politicians see our electricity system is based on a fantasy?

Health Secretary Neil Gray has been embroiled in a row over using ministerial cars to attend football matches, most of which involved the team he supports

Health Secretary Neil Gray has been embroiled in a row over using ministerial cars to attend football matches, most of which involved the team he supports

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Letters: Why can't SNP MSPs just own up and apologise when they've done wrong?

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Letters: BBC Scotland doesn't speak for us. Here's what the SNP must now do

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater (centre) joins as Dignity in Dying campaigners gather in Parliament Square, central London, in support of the assisted dying bill

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater (centre) joins as Dignity in Dying campaigners gather in Parliament Square, central London, in support of the assisted dying bill

Letters: The many worrying flaws inherent in the assisted dying bill

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Letters: Council care services are a disaster. We deserve better

A scene of destruction in the Northern Gaza Strip, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on November 11

A scene of destruction in the Northern Gaza Strip, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on November 11

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Letters: Another day, another hundred dead. 40% are children.

Hospices, which are mainly funded by donations with some money from government, are struggling to balance the books

Hospices, which are mainly funded by donations with some money from government, are struggling to balance the books

'For the first time ever, hospices will have to turn people away'

The House of Lords is a key component of the British state

The House of Lords is a key component of the British state

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Letters: We need serious analysis of class and the true nature of the British state

National government

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Letters: Are we really denying most of our prisoners the democratic right to vote?

Donald Trump's landslide victory is a reminder that ordinary people's everyday concerns cannot be ignored

Donald Trump's landslide victory is a reminder that ordinary people's everyday concerns cannot be ignored

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Letters: Scotland's left-wing progressives must learn from Trump's crushing victory

Letters: Let us honour Salmond by uniting in the name of independence

Letters: Let us honour Salmond by uniting in the name of independence

National government

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Letters: Let us honour Salmond by uniting in the name of independence

Letters to the Editor

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Letter of the Day: Scotland a target? I don’t think so

Should there be a moratorium on energy developments in the Highlands?

Should there be a moratorium on energy developments in the Highlands?

Highlands & Islands

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There must be a moratorium on new energy developments in the Highlands

Vladimir Putin with his eyes trained on a Russian military exercise

Vladimir Putin with his eyes trained on a Russian military exercise

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Letters: Be under no illusion: Russia is out to expand its empire

Should Keir Starmer be doing more to help end the carnage in Gaza?

Should Keir Starmer be doing more to help end the carnage in Gaza?

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Letters: Now more than ever, Starmer must stand up for Gaza

Running youths throwing objects towards a line of officers with shields in Edinburgh. Emergency services dealt with significant disorder on Tuesday November 5, with police and firefighters targeted with fireworks, bricks and bottles.

Running youths throwing objects towards a line of officers with shields in Edinburgh. Emergency services dealt with significant disorder on Tuesday November 5, with police and firefighters targeted with fireworks, bricks and bottles.

Letters to the Editor

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Letter of the day: How is that a group of yobs are able to defy law and order?

Is it time to rethink the exams system?

Is it time to rethink the exams system?

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It's good to see schools stand up to the SQA. Now it's time to make exams history

Supporters react as Fox News projects Donald Trump's victory during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center n West Palm Beach, Florida.

Supporters react as Fox News projects Donald Trump's victory during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center n West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Letters: Trump's win should be a reality check for our leaders

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

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Letters: It's good to see someone standing up for Kate Forbes. MSPs take note

There are currently more than 5,000 Scots waiting for a NHS social care assessment

There are currently more than 5,000 Scots waiting for a NHS social care assessment

Letter of the Day: Give tax relief for private social care

Why are so many parents dissatisfied with state schools?

Why are so many parents dissatisfied with state schools?

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Why do parents pay for private schools? Because state schools aren't good enough

Desolate Democrat supporters at an election night campaign watch party on the campus of Howard University in Washington after it was announced Kamala Harris would not be speaking

Desolate Democrat supporters at an election night campaign watch party on the campus of Howard University in Washington after it was announced Kamala Harris would not be speaking

US presidential election 2024

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Letters: Cowardly Democrats only have themselves to blame

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

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Letter of the Day: Day of reckoning looms for the Chancellor

Should we do away with free university tuition?

Should we do away with free university tuition?

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Letters: Free university tuition is wrong. Fees should be subsidised and means-tested

A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat headed in the direction of Dover,

A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat headed in the direction of Dover,

Refugees and immigration

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Letters: Time Labour came up with humane policies on immigration

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Letter of the Day: Unlike Harris, Trump puts his country first. And he's winning

Would democracy suffer if private schools were no more?

Would democracy suffer if private schools were no more?

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Letters: The availability of private education is an essential part of our democracy

Vice- President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University on Sunday

Vice- President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University on Sunday

Conservative Party

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Letters: If genocide isn't a red line for Harris, what hope is there?

Rachel Reeves outside No 11

Rachel Reeves outside No 11

Letter of the day 📨

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Rachel Reeves didn't need to raise taxes - here's what she should have done instead

Poet Jenny Lindsay has written a book, Hounded, in which she says she was a victim of a targeted campaign by gender identity activists

Poet Jenny Lindsay has written a book, Hounded, in which she says she was a victim of a targeted campaign by gender identity activists

Transgender rights

Letters: Jenny Lindsay, not her trans opponents, is the victim of hate crime

SNP ministers pledged in 2011 to dual the road between Perth and Inverness by 2025

SNP ministers pledged in 2011 to dual the road between Perth and Inverness by 2025

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Letters: SNP thought indy would bail them out of A9 failure

Keir Starmer has largely followed the American line on Israel

Keir Starmer has largely followed the American line on Israel

Israel Hamas War

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Letters: Shame on Keir Starmer for making us the USA's poodle once again

Does Scotland need more rail services?

Does Scotland need more rail services?

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Letters: Sorry, but more trains will not get more people out of their cars

The Chancellor announced on Wednesday that pensions will be subject to Inheritance Tax from April 2027

The Chancellor announced on Wednesday that pensions will be subject to Inheritance Tax from April 2027

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Letters: Here we go again: Labour has form with attacks on pensions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

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Letters: How can Netanyahu, Putin, Blair & co sleep at night?

Reston Train Station

Reston Train Station

Letter of the day 📨

Reston may be quiet but rail is still the way forward

The Save Ardrossan Harbour group feels it is being “sidelined” after changes to the winter timetable meant sailings to Brodick would leave from Troon.

The Save Ardrossan Harbour group feels it is being “sidelined” after changes to the winter timetable meant sailings to Brodick would leave from Troon.

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Letters: The answer to the Ardrossan/Troon question is obvious: let passengers decide

Palestinians receiving food aids distributed by UNRWA in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Knesset has passed new laws which will ban the agency from operating on Israeli soil, effectively barring it from working in Gaza or the West Bank

Palestinians receiving food aids distributed by UNRWA in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Knesset has passed new laws which will ban the agency from operating on Israeli soil, effectively barring it from working in Gaza or the West Bank

Israel Hamas War

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Letters: Not in my name: surely now we must stop arms sales to Israel

Nigel Farage has said he will stand in the General Election

Nigel Farage has said he will stand in the General Election

Letter of the day 📨

Conservative Party

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Don't want independence? Hope you're happy with Nigel Farage

Should Glasgow's Cenotaph be moved?

Should Glasgow's Cenotaph be moved?

Letters: People of Glasgow should have a say on future of George Square's statues

Net migration to Scotland from other parts of the UK has increased over the last year

Net migration to Scotland from other parts of the UK has increased over the last year

Refugees and immigration

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Letters: Don't believe the doomsayers: this is a great country to move to

Police Scotland searched Nicola Sturgeon's Uddingston home as part of Operation Branchform

Police Scotland searched Nicola Sturgeon's Uddingston home as part of Operation Branchform

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Operation Branchform

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Why on earth is Operation Branchform taking so long asks Jim Sillars

A scene from the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

A scene from the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Commonwealth Games 2026

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Letters: How on earth can they leave the marathon out of the Commonwealth Games?

Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has queried why more people do not move to Scotland from the other UK nations

Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has queried why more people do not move to Scotland from the other UK nations

Refugees and immigration

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Letters: Is it any wonder people in UK don't want to move to Scotland?

Many teachers feel overworked and stressed

Many teachers feel overworked and stressed

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Letters: Look at what's been lost. It's no wonder our teachers are struggling

Letter of the day 📨

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Stand firm, Wes Streeting: Esther Rantzen doesn't have to die alone

The statue of Sir John Moore in Glasgow's George Square

The statue of Sir John Moore in Glasgow's George Square

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Letters: Time Glasgow replaced some of its statues with more deserving men and women

Keir Starmer continues to support Israel's actions, with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar backing his line

Keir Starmer continues to support Israel's actions, with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar backing his line

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Letters: Can this really be Labour acting this way over Israel? Shame on them

Protesters dragging a stature of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston to Bristol harbourside in 2020

Protesters dragging a stature of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston to Bristol harbourside in 2020

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Letters: Working folk here suffered during days of Empire. It's not us who should pay