THANKS FOR HELP

ON behalf of vet charity, PDSA, which has two busy pet hospitals in Glasgow, I would like to say a huge thank you to all local players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Thanks to you, we’ve received a fantastic funding boost which will help us save thousands of sick and injured pets in Glasgow. Your generosity helps us provide more emergency care and life-saving equipment in our pet hospitals.

Just like people, pets can suddenly fall ill, or sustain an unexpected injury. For some pets, immediate assessment and diagnosis can be the difference between life and death.

PDSA is home to the UK’s busiest pet A&E service, so this funding helps us provide this lifeline for pets in need.

With your support, we will also be launching pet first aid workshops across the UK.

Pets play a massive role in people’s lives by offering unconditional love and companionship. But in difficult economic times, they can often become the silent victims of poverty.

At PDSA, saving and healing sick and injured pets and protecting their long-term wellbeing is what we’re all about. It is at the heart of everything we do.

Merry Christmas to you and your pets, and my best wishes for a safe and happy New Year.

Jan McLoughlin, director general

COMPROMISE

READING about Theresa May rejecting Sturgeon’s differentiated Brexit (Evening Times online December 21), I don’t really expect the Westminster Tories to implement a separate deal.

However, if they really want to keep the union together they need to do a better job at reaching some compromise deal that recognises the strength of the remain vote in Scotland.

For example, transferring powers over fishing, human rights and environment to Holyrood would be a good start.

Immigration I don’t see it happening however there is room for some kind of visa system that works within whatever UK system gets implemented.

If the Westminster Tories can provide a bit more compromise, then they might just be able to convince some moderate Yes/Remain voters that the political system isn’t all that bad.

John Smith, posted online

ONE TRICK PONY

I THINK the First Minister is painting herself and Scotland into a corner.

With her implying, “if you don’t give us this, we’ll do that” she will find herself being used as a tool by the EU in Brexit negotiations.

In the end, she’ll end up with nothing. The smart money would suggest that the EU, as we know it, is finished.

The SNP really are a one trick pony.

Frank Carlin, posted online