Since I am not writing the next Scottish Roundup (yes, it is painful) I will write some of my snidey comments here. There seems to be some strange goings-on in the Western Isles.

Angus Nicolson, a former SNP councillor who was kicked out of the party, claims he is now being gagged. And again today. Whatever is happening, it seems as though there are some dirty tricks going on.

Apparently some SNP people — or somebody pretending to be SNP people — are phoning up Isles FM in an intimidating manner and getting debates pulled off the air if somebody won’t toe the SNP line. As Mr Nicolson notes, it is not very good for democracy when somebody appears to have so much power over what gets broadcast.

It’s very strange though. I am sure that politics on the Western Isles have a bit of a life of their own. Reading about this sort of thing is like being at somebody else’s house then walking into the kitchen to find your guest and his wife arguing. So I’d better just back out…

(While we’re (sort of) on the matter of Scottish Roundup, Facebookers might want to take a look here. I’ll let you know my plans for it later on.)