A “CIVIL war” has been stirred up as one woman in the Inner Hebrides was accused of racism over a campaign to restrict tourism to Scottish residents. Camley's Cartoon: Tourism "civil war" rowWith an indication that a full re-opening could happen on July 15, one petition launched on Colonsay by resident Jen MacNeill has received some 2,500 signatures. But Ms McNeill says she has been subjected to online abuse and accused of being racist and antiEnglish as she has separately called for Scottish tourism to be restricted to Scottish residents only as the nation was “a low-risk area”. And she says her petition has helped stir up “civil wars” on the islands with what she describes as wealth pitted against health – and islanders pitted against each other. The letter has been produced by Orkney Islands Council and NHS Orkney ahead of the expected relaxation of travel restrictions in mid-July.

Source: The Herald July 02, 2020 03:56 UTC