'Mad world'

THE head of the Royal College of Midwives has called for the termination of pre-born children up to birth for any reason at all.

Has the world gone mad? Revolting.

Brian McKenna, Dumbarton

No to EU

I REALLY object to the pro-EU leaflets I’ve been getting through my door from the government, including the ones that pretend to be fair.

I know the political class want to stay on the EU gravy train but it doesn’t do me or my country any good.

If we had sovereignty we could have all the things the EU has that we might want (human rights legislation for example), but being in the EU means we are no longer a democracy, only a pretend one.

You have to be able to vote out your leaders when they mismanage the country, you can’t do that with the EU.

I want the decisions about the future of the country to be made by the people of the country, and taken at local and national level, not from some distant committee.

What the future would hold if we are out of Europe is uncertain that’s true, but inside Europe we know that our future would consist of the continued deterioration of our lives, rising prices, higher unemployment, and welfare and health services breaking under EU immigration policy. The EU is expecting millions of asylum seekers by 2017. If you want to keep a welfare state, pensions, free healthcare, you’ve got to keep to a minimum the number of migrants coming in, or it’s not sustainable.

I think it’s time to stop capitulating to the bullies and look at taking our freedom back.

Alrohu, Glasgow, by email

Unfair tax

READING Nicola Sturgeon’s column in the Evening Times (May 17), she said: ‘’I pledge that I will do that to the very best of my ability. ‘’

Unfortunately Nicola, your ability was not capable of replacing council tax with a fairer, more sensible system,as your party promised. In fact, you made it even less fair with increases for selective bands.

Ronnie Simpson, posted online

Unhelpful comments

READING about David Mundell calling on the First Minister to stop talking about a second referendum (Evening Times, May 17), with all due respect to Mr Mundell, the people of Scotland cast their votes to ensure there was no Tory Government, so I wouldn’t really go about preaching about mandates.

The Tories are far more concerned about talking about a second referendum than the SNP as it puts Labour in an awkward position. Labour need to address that if they want to be a political force again.

Yes, wish for a better relationship between Scottish and UK Governments, but your comments are not really helpful with achieving that goal, Mr Mundell.

John Smith, posted online