Take the lead on booze battle

Regarding Glasgow topping the list for alcoholics on benefits, the councils and governments could set a lead by stopping all spending on alcohol.

Alcohol should not be banned, but should be more strictly licensed, not only the vendors but the customers too.

There should be a driving licence type scheme to purchase alcohol. If someone breaks the regulations such as committing an offence, where alcohol was involved, an offender would receive points on their licence or it could be revoked.

Supermarkets and corner shops should be prevented from selling alcohol.

Bars would require customers to produce their licence to consume alcohol.

Alcohol advertising should be banned for sports shirts and TV.

This would not stop alcoholism, but it would be a start on changing attitudes about alcohol as has happened with tobacco.

Colin Alexander, Glasgow posted online

Could have done more in power

On Rosemary Keery's letter about Jim Murphy's recent proposal for a mansion tax to help pay for the NHS in Scotland, why did Murphy and his cronies in the Labour Party fail to introduce measures like this to redistribute wealth when they were in power?

Murphy is the man who has claimed more than £1 million in expenses since becoming an MP. He is the man who supported the illegal war in Iraq, costing hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of pounds and supports the replacement of Trident at a cost of £100 billion.

Peter Wilson, Glasgow via email

Fears for Clyde wall residents

What a sad story about fears homes will fall into the Clyde. You probably wouldn't expect to be responsible for the maintenance and repair of a quay wall when you bought a house. It does seems strange it is not the responsibility of some level of government.

It's strange too that some parts of the quay are not open to the public at all, even though they look perfectly safe and pleasant eg south side of the river between the Quay Cinema and Finnieston bridge. What's all that about?

Andrew B Dickson, posted online

And who will you be voting for?

Following Peter Swindon's column on Monday as to the 2015 Election. I wonder, how many fit candidates are we going to see up and down our close stairs.

I have lived on the South Side for 28 years and have never seen this phenomena - never been canvassed.

ShawEyes posted online