There is obviously no truth in these scurrilous rumours in the town today that a certain councillor who, along with at least one member of his family took a trenchant stand against Sunday ferries, was on the pier waving off a member of his family.
He would not, however, be the first councillor to have campaigned against Sunday services which they and their families are now happy to use. Unfortunately, that leads to suggestions that they say one thing and do another just to grab the votes of the poor unfortunates who, like so many Islamic terrorists, have succumbed to extremist belief systems which make ridiculous promises in return for unquestioning obedience.
I am sure the councillor concerned is a completely honest person who will soon find a form of words to fully explain his gobsmackingly public change of heart. Ach, it was probably just someone who looked incredibly like him – and had the same kind of beard.
Come on, Mr Maciver. You have to name names.
Any headware?
To be fair, the head under that hat wasn’t agin them on religious grounds. Though I don’t know if that’s better or worse. A bit better I think.
That his opposition wasn’t on religious grounds makes it worse. His stance on Sunday ferries was solely to grab the religious vote by deceit.
People in the grip of religious fervour are, as we all know, so blinkered and desperate they will vote for anyone hypocritical enough to pretend to support the cause of blocking progress.
Our former Labour elected representatives played that game for years. As rently as last year, Macsween of Bayble pretended to be a church-goer when he stood. Labour hypocrisy makes me retch.
I am not a barmy nationalist either. I wish people here would look beyond these two poor choices for the islands.