Voters won’t forget this mud slinging
Dear Editor I was shocked to read a reference to anti-Catholic sectarianism being made by Councillor Alasdair MacPherson in a letter in last Wednesday’s Observer (October 31, 2018).
I am not a member of any political party but was baptised into the Catholic faith so I feel well qualified to comment on this vile and untruthful accusation.
The person to whom Councillor MacPherson refers in his letter is Alastair Majury.
I know Councillor Majury and can assure readers he holds no sectarian views. He is emphatically not antiCatholic. I have never heard him express any view on religion - other than that we should all be free to practise our faith without hindrance or intimidation whatever faith that might be.
In fact, Councillor Majury is on record as stating his abhorrence of sectarianism, something Councillor MacPherson knows perfectly well.
Councillor MacPherson really ought to explain his decision to wilfully attempt to mislead voters in Stirling by slinging mud in this nasty way. Presumably he hopes some of it might stick.
For example, he makes numerous wild allegations against Stephen Kerr MP, each more hyperbolic than the last. If you believed this bilious nonsense (and not many do) you’d think Mr Kerr was some kind of modern anti-Christ.This is entirely counter productive.
Perhaps Councillor MacPherson should concentrate his efforts on delivering a good service to his constituents, and stop trying to curry favour with SNP high command by writing scurrilous letters full of innuendo and smears to his local newspaper.
Yet again, Councillor MacPherson succeeds only in shooting himself - and his declining party - in the foot. Voters will not forget such dirty and needlessly negative attacks on opponents at the next election.
Tom Burns Shielinghill Place Crieff