Stewart, why choose now to speak up?
The Celtic chief executive had, according to the headlines I read, been accused of running Scottish football.
It came about as a result of an interview Gilmour gave on a local radio station.
Having listened back to it, I think what Stewart was actually saying was that Lawwell has become the biggest influence on the Scottish game.
What made it such a story, however, was that it echoed the kind of chat heard in pubs and in football stands up and down the country for quite some time now.
I think there are a couple of important points to make here.
Firstly, there is no doubt Peter is a massive influence on our game.
He is on the Scottish Professional Football League Committee, and the Scottish Football Association Board.
Between the two, he will get a chance to have his say on pretty much all the big issues.
On top of that, he is the leading official of what is, currently anyway, the biggest club in the country.
Celtic’s palpable success, on and off the pitch, earns him a lot of respect from his peers.
There really isn’t anything to criticise about the way Celtic are doing their business.
Rangers fans will argue they only took advantage of the Light Blues’ four-year exile from the top flight, and that other clubs were culpable for allowing Lawwell to become more and more prominent.
It is a matter of record, though, that Celtic supported the move to divide up revenue more fairly amongst all clubs, when they knew that from a selfish perspective they would have been better placed to oppose.
And whether people like it or not, in building themselves up to a position where they can mount a serious challenge to their rivals, Rangers will be using the Hoops as their model for the best way to make the most of their resources
Secondly, in terms of Lawwell’s influence, I think people are guilty of ignoring the fact that on both the SPFL Committee and the SFA Board, decisions will be taken democratically.
Everyone gets to express their opinion, and some will be stronger and more strident than others. But in the end, it goes to a vote. And having been involved in such committees myself, I can assure you self-interest is all too often the only criteria when it comes to which way individuals cast their vote.
On that topic, I think there will be plenty who are pondering why Gilmour is voicing his opinion about the Celtic chief executive now rather than when he was on the SFA Board himself.
It is an awful lot easier to throw rocks in from the outside.
More than anything, St Mirren fans are entitled to question why they should be listening to the views of someone who failed to arrest their club’s tragic slide to the bottom of the Championship.
I was assistant manager of Saints for three years, working under Tony Fitzpatick, Davie Hay and Jimmy Bone, and have retained an affection for the club ever since.
To see them go from winning the League Cup three years ago to the mess they are in now is heartbreaking.
Unless things can be turned around, they will slip into the third tier of Scottish football, a relegation which will bring with it the very real danger of having to go part-time.
This at a club which in my time had stars like Thomas Stickroth, Gudmunder Torfason, Steve Archibald and Victor.
It is a real shame, and it is impossible not to think it was at least part self-inflicted through the sacking of the Cup-winning manager, Danny Lennon.
Tommy Craig, Gary Teale, Ian Murray and Alex Rae all came and went as managers in quick succession.
As the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for.