NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY

Yesterday, however, instead of distancing himself from the SNP members of the Council for his General Election campaign, Mr Docherty Hughes unbelievably enlisted them as the sponsors for his candidature.

This suggests that we should have no expectation that in the new Scotland envisaged by the SNP, we would be living in a democracy where everyone was treated the same.

Mr Docherty Hughes does not have the political nous, intellectual gravitas or common sense to be the MP for West Dunbartonshire.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

This extraordinary welcome reflects the huge value placed on Mary’s Meals here. The meals we provide – that you provide – are a lifeline for the agonised people of South Sudan, where more than 60% of the population suffer crisis levels of food security. Even in this country, which has already suffered so much, these levels of hunger are appalling.

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