I agree absolutely, Teribus, and I have made just such a a criticism in the very statement you have quoted, IE "It is wrong to make untrue or unjust allegations but, sadly, people do it." That is a criticism.

What I will not do is get embroiled in taking sides where the parties concerned are perfectly capable of handling the situation themselves. If it is an allegation against someone who cannot defend themselves or, worse still, an allegation against a whole group of people then, yes, I will criticise that action and have done so on another thread. On the same thread I have also robustly defended myself against scurrilous accusations against me and would not thank anyone for getting involved in my own affairs.

But we are now taking too much of other peoples time in discussing the discussion itself where this should be a thread about the latest developments about the EU controversy. Feel free to PM me if you want to take it any further as I would prefer to detract too much from the main show!

Cheers

DtG