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SENIOR Tory ministers believe Boris Johnson should push Scotland into a second independence referendum while the pandemic still rages in order to…

RUTH Marr (Letters, April 6) tells us that everything is rosy in the field of education in Scotland. Yet in December 2019 John Swinney admitted that four children out of 10 from Scotland’s poorest areas are leaving primary school without achieving expected literacy levels. This means that they are going into secondary school with one hand tied behind their backs. Is it then not unexpected that they also underperform in secondary? In the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Scotland’s record in the subjects of reading, maths and the sciences has plummeted to pre-2012 l...

Fact check: the BBC Scottish leaders debate Your Email (required) Or The leaders of Scotland’s main political parties took part in the first televised debate ahead of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 6 May. The debate involved First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, new Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie, and the Scottish Greens’ co-leader Lorna Slater. The debate, broadcast by the BBC, took in many of the issues which are likely to define the election campaign in the coming weeks, including the c...

Letters Only 34% of those aged 16 to 24 have indicated they will definitely vote, compared to 85% of those over 65 A VERY important issue is raised in Mike Herd’s letter (If the polls are so reliable, why bother with voting?, April 6). Asking that question may seem ludicrous to many, but just how many pro-independence supporters will be complacent – possibly due to polls – and not bother voting? In this upcoming election, whatever the results for political parties, one major outcome will be the percentage of total votes for pro-independence parties. The larger that percentage, the str...

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross is being urged to resign his Westminster seat in time to hold a by-election on the same day as the…