DAVE McLavin (Evening Times 29/2) may have a point in his view of staying in the EU.

But surely we must balance the benefits against the costs, which I believe are £160 million per day!

However, the EU did give us the European Convention of Human Rights and oh boy, has this cost the taxpayers a fortune (whilst making lawyers rich) in legal aid for petty trivial claims.

And where is the EU support for our rights? I’ll not remind you of the way they have treated the Scottish fishermen and farmers. There is an old saying “the majority rules” and sadly we are the minority, and the majority are not pleased that the UK has not adopted the Euro currency.

Sorry Dave, but in the words of the “Dragons”, I’m out.

Frank McKain, Otago Park, East Kilbride, via email

NICOLA Sturgeon claims she is making the positive case for the EU -- that staying in is good for jobs, investment, prosperity, etc.

But this is the same as the negative case -- that leaving the EU would be bad for jobs, investment, prosperity, etc.

The Prime Minister and First Minister are saying the same things but in different ways.

It’s only the leave campaign that want “independence” from EU bureaucracies, pressures and restrictions.

Keith Gilmour, Netherton Gate, Glasgow, via email

I WATCHED Mhairi Black’s speech about women’s pensions on social media.

Firstly I would like to pay her the compliment of saying she sounded like Jimmy Reid.

But I would also like to ask her why she did not call for the Speaker to suspend the sitting of the House as the Government benches were almost completely empty.

You cannot hold a debate if the other parties are too arrogant or lazy, to turn up.

If she had called for a suspension surely this would have drawn media attention to the contempt our elected members treat the people of the UK with.

William Allan, Hawthorn Terrace, East Kilbride, via email

I NOTE councillors have approved funding to upgrade the Tollcross swimming pool.

I would suggest they raise the ceiling of the pool by 5 meters as this limited the facility from holding diving championships at the Commonwealth Games and this had to go to the Royal Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh.

Surely, common sense will prevail.

Ryan Noble, via email

REGARDING the story about the couple fighting a bus lane fine (Evening Times, March 1), the council say it's been well a publicised bus lane and that may be so for regular users.

I know Glasgow very well having lived here for 79 years but I was still caught out on a rainy dark night with poor visibility and drove into it and did not realise until taxis started flashing their light to warn me. There should be some well lit overhead gantry or something making it clear.

I think it's ridiculous that there is no nearby alternative route east in the centre of a city like Glasgow for cars.

Frank Logan, posted online