ROBERT McNeil’s excellent and revealing article on Keir Hardie must have made uncomfortable reading for Labour Party members, or at least those who are left (“The Labour Party founder who gave his heart and soul to the workers”, August 1). She was a close friend of the great James Maxton, but I have never been able to definitely establish as to whether she knew Keir Hardie. What I do know for sure, is that my red-hot socialist aunt and her equally fiery sisters would have been horrified to see the Labour Party strip itself of almost every principle it ever possessed. Keir Hardie, and my auntie, must be birling in their graves. GDP GROWTH DOES NOT REDUCE POVERTYUNFORTUNATELY Iain Macwhirter’s superficial take on geo-engineering (“Only geo-engineering can get us to net zero – not just renewables”, August 1) merely perpetuates a number of myths.

Source: The Herald August 08, 2021 09:56 UTC