Sunday, July 12, 2009

James Dornan, SNP Councillor's hiccup isn't a negative


Dear All

James Dornan has had a hiccup in his bid to be the MP for Glasgow North East; I still believe that despite this small setback he is still good enough to be the candidate for the SNP.

I also think that this doesn’t detract his appeal from voters because of debt problems rather is shows them that James has been in the same boat as the people he will represent if he makes a strong enough case during the by-election.

Debt is something that people of Springburn and Glasgow in general know all about.

James is now talking legal advice on whether he was wrong to be a director at Culture & Sport Glasgow under Scots charity law.

Although James Dornan is a close ally of health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, he defeated BBC TV presenter David Kerr by 17 votes to 12 at a meeting of local activists, not by association but on merit, his own merit.

Public records show James Dornan signed over all his assets to an insolvency practitioner in October 2004 because he was unable to pay his debts, which shows he was acting in a responsible manner.

A Protected trust deed was used as a less painful alternative to full-blown bankruptcy. James isn’t the first this type of thing has happened to as around 6000 Scots made similar arrangements that year.
This allowed James to pay his creditors as much as he could afford each month.

James far from giving up the fight fought his way out of his personal circumstances and in December 2007 became solvent.

So, the issue it seems is James Dornan worthy of trust; I would say yes, people fall on hard times; sometimes very hard times but he has shown that despite his problems he has the determination and will to carry on.

Rather than this being seen as a negative it shows that James Dornan is able to identify with the people of Glasgow North East; that he understands bad times, he understands debt and he understands what ordinary people’s problems are.

In my mind there is no question that the SNP should in anyway do anything other than standby James Dornan as the Candidate for Glasgow North East.

He is good enough, he has ability and he understands problems.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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