Our councillor for Galashiels and District, Neil MacKinnon, was honoured to pipe the lament at this year’s Remembrance events in Stow and Heriot.
It was especially poignant to play at Heriot where the crowd was mostly made up of primary school children. I felt it was right and important that the children should be aware of the sacrifices made by previous generations, and they seemed genuinely interested by what was going on.”
Cllr Neil MacKinnon
Neil added a warning about the rise of the far right across Europe:
Our responsibility towards these pupils is to elect politicians who will make the correct decisions to keep our country safe and at peace. For the sake of all the children in our region, please lend your support to more moderate parties and don’t be fooled by the rhetoric of far-right organisations.”
Cllr Neil MacKinnon
