FibDems

It would appear that the Fibs are not getting away with their theatrics in the local press these days. As regulars may remember this the same party which was exposed for printing "bogus endorsement quotes in their "Moray Times" news sheet in the Moray by-election.

Now it would seem that the Dunoon Observer is aware of their little "charade" (their words not ours) as this response to a letter by Argyll couple Alan Reid MP and George Lyon MSP shows:

Enough is enough!

Editor -- We had noted at the public meeting that SNP MEP Alyn Smith had said that EU rules now allow the Scottish Executive to pay a passenger subsidy to a ferry operator who is also carrying vehicles on an unrestricted basis.

In last week s Observer SNP MSP Jim Mather wrote that this was a distortion of what Alyn Smith had actually said.

It is vitally important that our representative in the European Parliament clarifies what EU rules allow.

Can Alyn Smith please clarify what he actually said and let us know whether or not he believes that EU rules allow the Scottish Executive to pay a passenger subsidy to a ferry operator who is also carrying vehicles on an unrestricted basis between Dunoon and Gourock?

Yours sincerely

Alan Reid MP and George Lyon MSP

Editor note:

Why don't you ask him?

This is getting silly.

The public view of this matter was made abundantly clear at the meeting; this matter is too important for party politics.

All parties on the platform, including the signatories of the above letter made a clear commitment to work together to achieve the best possible result.

The way to do that is via e-mails or telephone, or letters between the parties concerned.

It's simple, direct and eliminates any misunderstanding or ambiguity - it also eliminates unnecessary delay.

If you want to know what Mr Smith means, ask him directly, not through the pages of this paper.

This charade is over - start talking to one another and stop the kindergarten politics.

Hear! Hear!

No-one was impressed at George's contribution to the debate