Alastair Campbell may be white and centrist, but he’s not a Scot

‘Parents aside, perhaps an ability to play the bagpipes mysteriously transforms him in to a Scot.’ Alastair Campbell playing the bagpipes during an anti-Brexit protest outside the Houses of Parliament in April 2019. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Isn’t describing Alastair Campbell as “white, centrist, Scottish” a tad inaccurate (The G2 interview, 29 August)? Wouldn’t a “bluff, hectoring chap from Keighley” or “Yorkshireman” be more accurate? Parents aside, perhaps an ability to play the bagpipes mysteriously transforms him into a Scot.
Delwyn Swingewood
Langho, Lancashire

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