Thanks to the separatist's tax hikes, Scotland has seen a 12 per cent rise in personal insolvencies. There were 3,208 bankruptcies and protected trust deeds from April to June this year, up from 2,869 in the same period last year. More and more Scots are struggling with debt yet the SNP has chosen to hammer families with higher income taxes.

While taxes continue to rise in Scotland the revenue generated is being wasted.

As a recent bullying claim probe into a police chief has wasted almost £100,000 of public money. Taxpayers have footed the legal fee costs of investigating bulling claims against former police chief Phil Gormley. The Scottish Police Authority disclosed the money spent on lawyers during the row over Gormley, who quit earlier this year amid multiple bullying allegations. The public was angry enough at how this case has been handled by the SNP Government and SPA, so it is even more frustrating to find out that tens of thousands were wasted on this fruitless task.

It seems that the separatists wastefulness and incompetence which we have seen so much of in their mishandling of our economy also extends to their mismanagement of Police Scotland matters.

Cllr Alastair Redman