why are so many 50/60 year old dees

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You are over doing the criticism of Islay, imo. He has been banging on FOR YEARS about SNP incompetence and their failure to get to grips with the poor decision making at CALMAC. He does investigate and he can come to conclusions that are not always an incontrovertible truth, but you must admit that his crusade about CALMAC is an example of good research and a logical conclusion. One swallow doesn't make a summer, I know, but I would rather have Islay's "research" posted on this forum, and be able to make up my own mind, than read the bullying posts from you.

Just a personal view, there will be others, no doubt, who disagree.

I've nothing against the island dweller and will happily sit with him in a pub, buy him a drink and chat sensibly.

I don't see my digging as bullying because I know he's thick enough skinned to give it right back with interest. If I thought for one second that I was getting to him in that way I'd back off.

He was right about the ferries but there's more than one instance where he's declared something as a 'researched' fact and been proven entitrely wrong although he would never admit that.

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I've nothing against the island dweller and will happily sit with him in a pub, buy him a drink and chat sensibly.

I don't see my digging as bullying because I know he's thick enough skinned to give it right back with interest. If I thought for one second that I was getting to him in that way I'd back off.

He was right about the ferries but there's more than one instance where he's declared something as a 'researched' fact and been proven entitrely wrong although he would never admit that.

My brother who died at the age of 56 could still be alive if the health ministers at Westminster and Holyrood had not covered up the publication of an investigation in 2007.