Glasgow MP Ian Davidson now claims that his reference to the "narrow neo-fascism of the nationalists" did not refer to all Scottish nationalists, but only to the small band of six SNP MPs in the Commons ("Davidson unrepentant over neo-fascism slur", The Herald, June 23).
If his remarks were not general but indeed related to fellow MPs, I am even more surprised that the Speaker did not rebuke Mr Davidson for unparliamentary language and order him to apologise to the House. In the past members have been suspended for less.
Mr Davidson accuses the SNP group of bullying, intimidation and abuse, and shouting down their opponents, and offers that as his definition of a neo-fascist.
Having watched him chair several sessions of the influential Scottish Affairs Committee and seen the way he treated his fellow committee members, and also some witnesses whose evidence he clearly did not like, I suggest he should look in the mirror.
Iain A D Mann,
7 Kelvin Court, Glasgow.
I AM indebted to Iain A D Mann for his descriptive account of Scottish Question Time at Westminster and wonder why the irrelevance and inananity of much of it is not reported more fully (Letters, June 23).
As to Ian Davidson’s contribution, it surely causes a lot more damage to him than it does to his targets in the SNP. It is, though, nice to know he was actually there
David McEwan Hill,
1 Tom Nan Ragh,
Sandbank,
Argyll.
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