Sir,
In letters (The Oban Times, January 25) on the subject of the Ulva buy-out, Iain Thornber refers to ‘Mull’s democratically elected community council’. While
I accept the validity of the community council’s role and admire the public service of its members, in fact, as its seats were not contested in 2015, there was no election. The Ulva community buy-out ballot provided a more democratic result than the Mull Community Council’s decision to reject it.