Campbeltown Courier - Letters to the Editor 7.3.25

Perhaps there is another reason why Councillor Redman does not ‘fess up’ for Reform UK. Perhaps he is too toxic for the Tories and too toxic for Reform as well, given that he has just been suspended by the Standards Commission after a hearing on February 19, where he was found guilty of making unfounded allegations concerning a 15-year-old child (see Campbeltown Courier and Argyllshire Advertiser 28.2.25). 

This was not freedom of speech or protecting women and girls’ rights as Councillor Redman seems to think; it is behaviour without doubt that should be condemned by all across the political spectrum. All councillors have to adhere to a Code of Conduct that they sign once elected and they need to show honesty, integrity and respect, among other values. 

In my opinion a two-month suspension for this is not enough of a punishment, especially when the vast majority of us would face the sack for this behaviour.  

He’s brought unsavoury headlines about Argyll and Bute on various news platforms and is not the least bit sorry. It is to my mind a very narcissistic view to take if Councillor Redman claims to be the victim here. 

To paraphrase a quote I read during the furore, people of ward 2 and Argyll and Bute, ‘give your heads a wobble’ and stop voting for this person, whether as Councillor or as MSP.

Lorna McFadzean, Bowmore, Islay.