Sir,
Like many others in Scotland we, on Arran, are about to go into the local authority pre-election hustings and the underlying question has to be – who speaks for Arran and on what subject? The worry is the answer is confused.
As someone who, in 25 years, has been on a number of island committees (health, education, housing, local improvements, community council, forestry and communications etc.) and in my time in four fire services in Scotland and England, and a twoyear secondment to the Home Office, I believe I broadly understand organisations, their responsibilities, politics and local authority structures.