HISTORY, they say, has a habit of repeating itself, which is why I took more than a passing interest in what our new Highland MSP Donald Cameron had to say about crofting and crofting law in The Oban Times a few weeks ago.
If there is anyone living in the Highlands and Islands who has the background to offer an opinion on crofting in the Scottish Parliament since MSP John Farquhar Munro (1934-2014) passed away, Mr Cameron from Lochaber, must rate high in the list.
Not only is he a lawyer who has been involved in rural issues for many years, he is also the great grandson of Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel (1876-1951) MP for Inverness-shire, a native Gaelic speaker and an active member of The Napier Commission whose deliberations led to the first Crofter’s Act of 1886.