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I too hold Starkey in the highest regard and I’m deeply sorry his career has ended in such a way.

When asked what he would say to activists who wanted to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, Starkey replied that it would make no sense for Black Lives Matter or any similar group to attempt something so silly because such movements were “wholly and entirely products of white colonisation”.

The vast majority of those protesting in Western city streets are the product of a cultural and racial mix.

As part of the great African diaspora, most would struggle to survive in the endemic corruption and violence of post-colonial Africa.

Like the late AJP Taylor, Starkey made academics green with envy by his success in the media.

Sadly he referred foolishly to the vast number of slave descendants and was delivered into the hands of the thought police patrolling academia. Rev Dr John Cameron. 10 Howard Place, St Andrews.

Sir, – I am writing to publicly thank Councillor Roz McCall for her chairing of a full day’s entertainment at the Perth and Kinross Council planning and development management committee last week (Plan pushed through despite missing vote, Courier, July 3).

I was fascinated that the legal adviser seemed determined to cross examine councillors rather than use his expertise to help them phrase what they wanted to say in legal terms.

I was also intrigued by the curious use of a “second vote” to support change when the custom elsewhere is that casting votes should be used to maintain the status quo.

This surprise was augmented by the decision to adjourn for lunch just after the vote, wherein Councillor Drysdale had had to exclude himself for a dropped internet connection.

If the adjournment had occurred before the vote, Cllr Drysdale would have been able

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