They're at it again. We would like to know what they are on.
We are referring to the WHFP Editorial today which goes into overdrive against "the idea that crofters should be obliged by law to spy on neighbouring crofters, and then report their findings to other crofters who have been elected to the Crofting Commission, (it) is ... preposterous". Much as we disagree with the current Scottish Government - you won't find stronger critics of this motley, nationalist crew than we are - and much as we agree with the WHFP that the Crofting Reform Act 2010 is "a pretty dire piece of legislation", we think today's comments are way, way over the top.
Take all the drama and hype away and what is the problem? It is simple, really. The Crofting Commission has, as one might expect, certain statutory duties in relation to crofting and, in furtherance of those duties, it is proposing to ask those involved at grazing committee level about potential misuse or neglect of croft land, no more, no less. We call that progress rather than a problem.
Instead of inciting conflict, the WHFP would have been far better engaged in encouraging compliance with the proposal. The reality, we suspect, is that those who write those Editorials wouldn't know one end of a bull from the other, hence the very obvious difficulties of thought that prevail at the paper.
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