WE are in the middle of a pandemic and infection rates are again increasing. Yet here we have football clubs in England and Scotland loudly advocating for football fans to be allowed back into grounds.

It beggars belief. I am a lifelong football fan and really miss going to a match on a Saturday and having a couple of pints but let’s get real!

Dense football crowds would be a recipe for disaster. How would they manage toilets in the grounds as even in the most modern stadiums they resemble cesspits. What about transport to and from the grounds? Packed buses and trains.

I realise some clubs may go to the wall without finance, but the pandemic is certainly not putting the brakes on big clubs throwing millions of pounds around for players.

MK

Glasgow

ABOUT a fortnight ago I sat down for a quick lunch and turned on the news. I wasn’t surprised to see our First Minister as it was BBC Scotland. Now, as I am not her biggest fan, I decided to switch to BBC2 and there she was again. I then turned over to BBC News and there she was again.

The whole idea of these briefings is to keep the public updated – sadly it has turned into a party political broadcast for the SNP. Having watched the national briefings when Boris could be bothered to turn up, we had Chris Whitty from NHS England. This man gets to the point and unlike our publicity hungry chief medical officer does not come across as smug and patronising. It’s no wonder people are ignoring advice as it is a repetitive lecture you get from the First Minister and the professor.

Gordon Wilson

Cambuslang

THIS is clearly the BBC kowtowing to Downing street and trying to silence Nicola Sturgeon from consistently showing up Boris and his incompetent ministers (“BBC cut Sturgeon Covid briefings to ensure ‘consistent approach’ across whole UK”, September 11).

It would seem the BBC have now got a death wish with this, removing the free licence fee for pensioners over 75 and the attacks on the red button service.

Robin Cameron

Via email

I HAVE just paid £150 for the renewal of the road tax on a small petrol car. This is less than £157.50 for a TV licence. I can understand that the road tax goes to the upkeep of the roads that the vehicle uses. Why are those of us who don’t watch BBC TV and don’t listen to its radio programmes still required to pay for it in the age of the internet?

Otto Inglis

Via email