IT is with a degree of reticence that I respond to your front-page article today ("Dunblane father: Johnson totally unsuitable to be PM", The Herald, December 9) – reticent because I'm only too well aware of the unimaginable pain that Dr Mick North must endure after the death of his daughter in the awful Dunblane massacre of 1996. However, I do feel that I must point out the very real danger posed by Jeremy Corbyn when it comes to our safety and security. Mr Corbyn has consistently supported and given credence to extreme terrorist organisations, not only abroad in the form of Hamas and Hezbollah, but much closer to home with the IRA.
The records tell us that the IRA are held responsible for as many as 1,800 deaths and committed thousands of attacks over many years. How is it credible that someone who supported the IRA's stance should be allowed anyway near the office of prime minister?
In Scotland alone, Jeremy Corbyn's stance on Trident and his dubiety over the question of a second referendum are a threat to our security in themselves. How would an independent Scotland ever be able to defend itself? This is a question that neither the SNP nor anyone else has ever been able to give a convincing answer to.
Boris Johnson might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he is clearly offering leadership and q way out of the political paralysis that this country has experienced in the last three years – Mr Corbyn has spent this time facilitating this paralysis and it would only continue under his proposed premiership; an unthinkable prospect.
I have no affiliation to any political party, but I know that the only option offering a clear way forward is Mr Johnson – it's imperative that we recognise the dangers that the alternatives offer.
RB Pillar, Fenwick.
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