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With the Deposit Return Scheme now being delayed until October 2025, this is the ideal time to ask whether there is any point to it?

Some parents will be astonished to learn that drag queens – male performers dressed up as caricatures of women – have made it into classrooms and libraries under the pretext of introducing young children to the fun of reading.

To reduce the number of escapes and crime in our prisons, it would be advisable for this government to start thinking about deploying undercover agents inside prisons to combat such embarrassments.

I have read about mainly Green attempts to promote the “20-minute neighbourhood” idea, and today have seen a photograph of Edinburgh councillor Scott Arthur sitting in the sun and “enjoying a beer in my 20-minute neighbourhood”.

In his letter, “The Union Buildings’ seat is too hot”, Sono opines about “the frightening prospect” that either Cyril Ramaphosa, Julius Malema or John Steenhuisen will occupy the office of the president after the elections next year.

Unemployment in the country stands at 32.9%. I find myself struggling to get back into the job market post the pandemic, yet I carry proficient skills.

I’m very keen on sustainable living and protecting the planet, but I’m wondering if there is a more radical Green agenda afoot nationally than just what is happening with Edinburgh City Council as per Jill Stephenson’s letter (5 June).

The most precious resource of any country is water. Water storage is vital to civilisation.

The SNP has launched a “national discussion on education” following an official report which states governance, qualifications and inspection regimes are “not fit for purpose”. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth stated: “There is an overwhelming appetite for change in Scottish education.”

Given that the Supreme Court ruled a vote for “independence” is not within Holyrood’s remit, what isnote-0note-1 “Independence Minister” Jamie Hepburn note-2note-3for – to say nothing of the phalanx of civil servants around him for whom, like Mr Hepburn, we pay handsomely.