Bad smell

No WONDER Sir David Murray was duped by Craig Whyte (Sport, 14 March). Whyte apparently passed “the sniff test” because, in Murray’s own words, “Meeting him, you know. He was Scottish, he wasn’t a foreigner…”

Nationality or race should not be relevant in deciding whether someone is a fit and proper person. The blatant prejudice underlying the “sniff test” is no substitute for due diligence.

Dennis Canavan

Sauchieburn

Bannockburn