Letters GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 15: Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, launches the SNP Election Manifesto during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary election on April 15, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. MANIFESTOS, what are the public to make of them? It is difficult to judge parties who have not been in power and cannot implement their manifesto promises, however we do have parties elected to government and we can judge them on their manifesto commitments. On Thursday we had the launch of a party manifesto from a party who has been in government for the last 14 years, the SNP. So are we to believe some of the new manifesto commitments from the SNP? Well to do that, we need to look at their record and actions from there 2016 manifesto, their performance in government, because action speaks louder than words.