I CAN’T be the only one sick of the chronic build up to the May election and promotional flyers telling the same old lies.

No one with any common sense would dispute politics can be a messy business.

But, until it becomes more honest, and politicians more accountable with less playing the blame game for each other’s past mistakes, political apathy will remain.

Jill Ferguson, Crow Road, by email

THE Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, makes an intervention in the EU referendum saying that the possibility of leaving the EU is the “biggest domestic risk to financial stability” (Evening Times, March 9).

He is roundly condemned by those such as Tory MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg and fellow ‘Brexiters’ and sections of the media, accused of overstepping his remit and of ‘political partisanship’.

What is curious is that these same people were either very quiet or wholly supportive when Mr Carney made similar interventions during the Scottish independence referendum, including the issue of a proposed currency union and its compatibility with independence.

The EU referendum is becoming a parody of the Scottish independence referendum campaign, whether it is allegations of ‘Project Fear’ or matters such as this intervention.

Those who are critical of the tactics being used in the EU referendum campaign, but who were quite happy to support these during the independence referendum campaign, are clearly being more than a little hypocritical.

Alex Orr, by email

In relation to the story about job threats at a Glasgow printers because the contract went south, at the end of the day printing prices are being screwed to the floor these days and it’s difficult to be competitive.

There’s not a lot you can do if a competitor wants to either buy in the work to fill a production slot or is better equipped to do that particular type of work.

With regards to it going to a supplier in the north of England not the first time or the last and does it really matter? Maybe they should just be grateful that they’ve had the benefit of it for the last 30 years instead of moaning about losing it.

Maybe look at getting new work with higher margins.

John Taggart, posted online

It’s the nature of the business beast.

NHS Scotland should, in a perfect world, keep the business in Scotland but we’d all be moaning if they paid MORE for the service than necessary.

Stewie Griffin, posted online

Will Nicola Sturgeon find work for these folk?

I don’t think so.

Why after all these years has the contract gone to England?

Betty McCormick, posted online