Correspondent is losing touch

Sir, – It was interesting to read the tongue-incheek takedown of the opinionated Dr John Cameron by Andrew Collins. (Letters, February 20). Dr Cameron’s views are regularly given column space on the Letters page as he seems to have a view about everything, which he delights in sharing with the readership under his various pen names of the Rev. Dr John Cameron, Dr John Cameron or just plain John Cameron.

Dr Cameron is known to have spent some time in America and appears to identify with the republican economic model of profit before people, which for a man of the cloth suggests that he has lost touch with his mentor, Jesus – who always put people first, as demonstrated by his act of ejecting the moneylenders from the house of God.

In the piece that prompted Andrew Collins’ response, the learned doctor hailed the enterprising acumen of his American friends in the pursuit of shale oil extraction and castigated the Scottish Government for failing to do the same thing here because the Green party tail was wagging the SNP dog. No mention, however, of the human health problems encountered during the extraction process, as reported in the American press, just pointed criticism for missing an opportunity for profit. Allan A. MacDougall. 37 Forth Park, Bridge of Allan.

What a slap in the face this is for hardworking Scottish taxpayers who have had their taxes increased for what the SNP and the Greens said was to protect public services when the truth is the tax increases are to continue funding SNP vanity projects to the tune of millions of pounds