Missed the point
I think Mr Provan has missed the point that the letters pages are there to offer a forum for the wider dissemination of views.
However, I take exception to his central point. Mr Hamilton and I have had a number of debates, but they have been conducted in a generally civilised manner.
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Hide AdI respect Mr Hamilton and his views, which he presents well.
I wish I could say the same for Alexander McKay with his tedious repetitions about “the dark side of nationalism” and “one-party state where daring to hold an opposing opinion is an offence”.
Mr McKay (Letters, 20 December) claims I attacked Jim Murphy as a man. That is another distortion of the facts.
Mr Murphy is a politician who has now begun presenting himself as a radical social democrat, a position which is totally at odds with his past record.
That was my point and it was neither senseless nor personal, as can be witnessed by the analysis of him by Joyce McMillan (Perspective, 19 December).
And can I suggest to Mr McKay that the time to comment on Jim Murphy’s policies will be when he has announced them.
Douglas Turner
Derby Street
Edinburgh