Speaking one’s mind — just like Paisley

FINTAN LANE (Irish Examiner letters, October 2) seems to have misunderstood me (‘Why it’s safe to criticise Israel’, Irish Examiner letters, September 20).

When I compared him to Ian Paisley I did not mean it as an insult. I am a great admirer of Paisley because he says exactly what is on his mind.

I paid Mr Lane the compliment of comparing him to Paisley because he reveals himself in the same way.