Letters

UNFORTUNATELY I had to have a spell in the Queen Elizabeth hospital recently.

I was in the orthopaedic ward 10. All the staff were great, from cleaners to the medical staff.

I would like to say thank you.

Something I dreaded turned out to be good because of these lovely people.

Mrs M O’Neil, by email

Double standards

THE UK government is concerned about unions participating in strike ballots.

What about UK elections where often less than 40% of the electorate participate?

With the first past the post electoral system it is possible to be returned to the UK Parliament on a minority cote so the combined vote off all the other candidates is more than the person returned to power ie the party the majority voted against.

If they are interested in democracy, sort this one out!

William Scott, Royston Road, Glasgow

Clean up Glasgow

Could I thank Mr Martin, who had a letter in Evening Times on September 23.

The whole of Glasgow is in a terrible state. For years now the districts of Glasgow outwith the city centre have been neglected. This is done to save money, but it is a false economy.

The drains in the city used to be cleaned twice a year.

Could I ask all councillors in Glasgow to look at the drains, dirt and weeds in their areas and do something about it.

Colin MacKellar, Glasgow

Zero tolerance

With reference to the story on the number of attacks on emergency service workers, Evening Times on Monday, until magistrates or even sheriffs start to ignore all the pleadings from advocates when people like this appear before them things will not change.

These scumbags reckon on a fine, community service or an anger management course.

It's simply not good enough. I suppose for the police it is an occupational hazard ( I am not belittling their assaults though ) but firemen and paramedic should be able to carry out their work in safety.

If I were a paramedic and someone assaulted me he/she would be left untreated.

Then, I suppose I would be disciplined. Welcome to Britain 2015.

Any assault on emergency workers, no matter the scale of severity, should be an immediate custodial for a not inconsiderable time.

A minimum of six months for the least serious and an ever increasing scale for the most serious. Racial and religious assaults are treated differently to 'normal' assaults so why should we not punish those more severely who assault our emergency workers?

Jim Sinclair, posted online