ARE we expected to believe that Boris Johnson’s deliberate use of “nationalist” instead of “national” in the SNP name after Ian Blackford called him out over past racism can also be taken out of context (Blackford calls out Johnson on previous use of racist language, Jul 15)?
While Boris Johnson was editor of The Spectator he published the poem Friendly Fire by the late James Michie, which denigrated Scots and everything Scottish. His claim that this was humorous satire says more about the scope of his views on race than ever can be said in parliament by Ian Blackford.
John Jamieson
South Queensferry
AND the English electorate will continue to vote for this far-right-wing and racist political party that is the government in England’s Westminster. Such is the mindset of the English people! As clearly there are more than enough of them who are far-right-wing and racist too.
David Gillan
via thenational.scot
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