ON January 4, 2021, we watched on our television screens the invasion of the White House by a violent mob of Trump supporters, which caused the death of four people and a policeman.

This news was a distraction from our own anticipated problems between the UK and the EU regarding Brexit.

We are already seeing problems at channel ports, with lorries being delayed for unacceptable lengths of time by port authorities.

Boris Johnson has dismissed these delays as teething

problems.

Boris like Trump is a divisive character. By leaving Europe, Boris turned his back on one of the people he claimed to admire the most, Winston Churchill.

In 1946, Winston Churchill, the then leader of the Conservative party, made a famous speech at the University of Zurich, in which he advocated a United States of Europe. Churchill also urged people to turn their backs on the horrors of the past and look to the future.

RSD

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I SEE a rise in council tax is expected.

I thought you raised tax to improve services, not cut them.

A rise in council tax is a disgrace.

If you can’t manage on the money we pay, get out of office and get someone who can.

P Dickson

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I’M concerned at the apparent lack of people being vaccinated in Scotland compared with England.

We don’t seem to be keeping up with England and are lagging behind.

Let’s get rid of this virus for good and have vaccination centres open 24 hours a day until everyone has been vaccinated.

There’s no time to lose.

I’m sure there are plenty of companies that would throw open their doors and provide space for medical professionals to administer the vaccine to residents across the country.

This is our only way out of this pandemic and we can’t take our time over this.

We have all endured too much already.

JB

Glasgow

I DON’T know how schools think parents can juggle the amount of work they are issuing to pupils and work eight hours a day at home.

I think there will be a lot of parents being driven up the wall this week by constant alerts

and emails relating to school work.

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I FEEL sorry for the lower-league clubs in Scottish football who have been hit with another setback as their season is suspended.

I will be shocked if all these clubs survive until the end of the season.

KP

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I WISH shoppers would understand the term social distancing.

I’m sick of people walking up my backside as I navigate the aisles in my local supermarket.

It’s bad enough that most of them have their mask under their nose without having them touch me.

I think I will stick to online shopping to avoid these rude people.

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I READ your story about MV Kyles and realised I had photographed this boat in July 2014 at Irvine harbour. I didn’t realise the history behind this boat when I took the photo, thank you for telling me about it. The other boat is named Spartan.

Ian Cochrane

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