I SAT in a tailback in Maryhill Road at 6pm which stretched from Queen Margaret Drive down passed Queens Cross while the bus lane

which was used by two half empty buses and four taxis.

They are a total waste of time for everyone.They achieve nothing except a few grubby pound notes for the council.

Scrap them.

Johnny Mack, posted online

REGARDS Nicola Sturgeon speaking about commitment to alcohol minimum pricing, I back the government in this action.

I believe that if it works and all the young ones can get they're hands on less booze then society will be better. In the 80s we had unemployment to stop us buying loads of booze.

John McLean, posted online

HAS anyone from Glasgow City Council taken a walk down Union Street recently? It’s absolutely stinking with half-empty buses thronging the road, belching out fumes. And the pavements are no better, with narrow, scrappy walkways for pedestrians beneath the ever-present scaffolding.

This must be the first street many visitors to Glasgow see when they come off the train, and it’s just not good enough.

William Hay, Govan, via email

IT was really interesting to read about Mosspark Primary’s efforts to clean up their local area as part of the Evening Times Streets Ahead campaign. Lots of local schools do good work in their communities and it doesn’t take much to make a big difference. Walking past a colourful playground or being able to sit in a community garden means a lot especially to pensioners or families who don’t have gardens of their own. The fact that the children at Mosspark are also growing their own food is an even bigger benefit – I hope lots of schools follow their shining example.

Ellen Ross, Mosspark, via email

I SEE the London politicians have finally woken up to the fact that uncontrolled immigration cannot be sustained. The welfare state the NHS and other services were set up based on so many people dying, so many people being born every year. Having 500,000 people arriving every year is obviously not sustainable. Controlled immigration is the only way forward, if I was younger I would seriously think of emigrating because the UK is definitely not the country I was born into. But our clever politicians apparently could not see what has been plain to the rest of us for at least 10 years.

William Allan, East Kilbride, via email