After all we are all human beings and in Scotland we are all Jock Tamson’s bairns.

There are too many Hooray Henrys in this society who should open their eyes to what is going on around them.

Instead of living in a shell, they should realise that other people, apart from them, make up a society.

To those who discriminate, open your eyes and take a good look at yourself.

You may not be as perfect as you think. — Reasonable.

I am 100% in favour of the decision of the council to put them there.

We have to live with cars, caravans, quad bikes, trailers etc. parked on the grass verge, or two vehicles or more parked on the wrong side of the road, which is not exactly safe.

As one person stated, the boulders are dangerous as a child ran in front of her car, However, I’m sure vehicles parked all over the place, especially on the wrong side of the road are more dangerous. — Thankful Residents.

Charleston is having a Gala Day in August in the Alec Craigie Green.

The newsletter telling the residents about it has been distributed to only certain areas. I know this as other members of my family have not received theirs.

Firstly, whoever printed the leaflet to go with the newsletter doesn’t know the area as he or she has Charleston Drive in place of Charleston Road.

I have lived in Brownhill Road, which according to the community people, is not part of Charleston as we never receive any newsletters in this area.

Please can the powers-that- be check the boundaries to see where one place ends and another one starts. — Annoyed Long-term Resident.

If the car uses more fuel then it’s the person driving the car who has to pay for it to be put in it and hence more tax. That’s something they accept when they choose the car.

I myself drive an old hard-top Saab and I get about 28 mpg from it.

I am sure there are several models of soft-top car out there that get considerably better fuel economy than I do, even with a top down.

So from Charon’s argument, shouldn’t I be taxed more? I already am with more petrol going in and higher road tax because I don’t have a catalytic converter. — G. C.

I was always under the impression that a recipient may go on holiday provided the holiday did not last longer than two weeks and you did not go abroad while receiving benefit, but a friend has recently told me this is not the case. I was hoping to visit a relative in England this year and I wish to know what my position is — Job Seeker.

[A spokesperson for Jobcentre said, “Jobseekers can have a maximum of two benefit weeks ‘holiday’ in a rolling12-month period.

“This means that a jobseeker can be treated as actively seeking employment in these two benefit weeks i.e. they do not have to look for a job, and continue to be entitled to Jobseeker’s Allowance if they are away from home.

“This is provided they are still in Great Britain or Northern Ireland and do not intend to look for work in the area in which they are visiting while they are away.

“However, they must be available for work (willing to return immediately for an interview or to start work) for the period they are away from home to continue to receive Jobseeker’s Allowance. Benefit is not paid until the customer returns to the Jobcentre and signs their usual declaration. Before going on holiday, the customer must attend their Jobcentre and complete form ES674JP.

“Details required are dates of leaving and returning home, contact details while away (ie mobile number) and if the customer is willing and able to return to take up a job offer if one was offered.

“The customer is also asked if they are available to work in accordance with their jobseeker’s agreement, if they will be looking for work whilst they are away and if they are, for what period they will look for work?

“The customer signs the declaration and is given the tear-off section of the form noted with the date they have to attend the Jobcentre on their return.

“This is normally the first day after they return home.

“If a jobseeker goes abroad on holiday, their claim is closed from the date they leave UK.

“They must make a new claim immediately on their return, if they are still unemployed and seeking work.

The jobseeker’s local Jobcentre will be pleased to answer any further questions on this matter.”]

He made his debut aged 13 and I am still reeling in awe of that masterful performance of his (as young Jim Graham) in Steven Speilberg’s Empire Of The Sun (1987).

He carried that entire film. — J. I. Matthew.

Labour sounds familiarly like the Tories did in the mid-to-late nineties.

The Tories suffered record low opinion polls and defeat after defeat in by-election after by-election.

When the election did come the Tories were wiped out in Scotland.

Could history be about to repeat itself? — Alan Hinnrichs.

The ecstatic behaviour in Glasgow following the by-election result by the SNP on the same day when one soldier is killed and six more wounded is dishonourable. — Vince Campbell, Friockheim.