Letters to the press, 18/04/22: Nicola Sturgeon is asking people to vote for the SNP in the local authority elections to "send Boris a message", but Boris Johnson is not responsible for your bins, your education, your planning, your parks, your verges, your pot-holes, your schools, your swimming pools, your libraries, your street lights, your social housing, your town halls, your council tax, your business rates or your social care.

Nicola Sturgeon is asking people to vote for the SNP in the local authority elections to “send Boris a message”, but Boris Johnson is not responsible for your bins, your education, your planning, your parks, your verges, your pot-holes, your schools, your swimming pools, your libraries, your street lights, your social housing, your town halls, your council tax, your business rates or your social care. The councillors you may elect are responsible for these things. Ms Sturgeon herself has no role in these things either, although she does consistently ensure that local government is poorly funded, and this makes their job much more difficult. The choices you make on 5 May will determine the services you receive for the next five years. Only the people whose names are on the ballot paper are relevant The rest, including Ms Sturgeon and Mr Johnson, are not. It is none of their business. The SNP message is as misleading as the big yellow bus showing a picture of Ms Sturgeon from ten years ago. They no longer have much to offer, so are falling back on old messages and images, none of which reflect reality today. Victor Clements, Aberfeldy, Perthshire.

With the advent of a Scottish Executive in 1999, through the joint efforts of Scottish Labour and the Liberals, Donald Dewar became Scotland’s First Minister. The subsequent Scotland Acts indicated the powers bestowed by Westminster on what was later to become known as the Scottish Parliament. Around the same era, similar bodies were created in Wales and Northern Ireland. More recently, we have all been witness to demands from the SNP for Scotland to become totally independent of the UK. That was never the objective of the founding fathers of Holyrood. This scenario may well appeal to a minority of Scots, but those of us who oppose the cause of Scottish nationalism (2,001,926 in the 2014 referendum) seriously question any claims by the SNP that it has valid answers as to how it would create such necessities for Scotland’s success in a global scene as a central bank with appropriate reserves, a Scottish currency, embassies in a wide range of countries throughout the world, an effective defence policy, and – certainly key to any such thoughts of independence – a sound economy. Without doubt in today’s uncertain world any moves to try to split up the UK would be politically unwise and economically disastrous, especially for Scotland. Robert I G Scott, Ceres, Fife.

I have to agree with the Scots-man editorial of 16 April, saying the local election should be about just that, referring to the SNP bus slogan, “Send Boris a message”. Typical electioneer-ing, not just from the SNP, and it will probably work. The trouble is, Boris is not standing in the local elections, and by deflecting the message onto national issues, it takes the focus away from the SNP’s poor record on local government, ie the shortage of funding. As I say, the tactic will probably work, then the SNP, if they do well, will claim a mandate for another referendum, Depressing! William Ballantine, Bo’ness, West Lothian.

The SNP with their coalition pals the Greens seem determined to hammer the Scottish motorist, with charges for parking at work and ‘no-go* zones in our cities. The only concessions made by the SNP are for the ministerial fleet of chauffeur-driven limos at Holyrood, provided free of charge by the taxpayer. Dennis Grattan, Aberdeen.

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