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Graham Stewart | 10:10 UK time, Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Caledonian MacBrayne ferry
Do you think working on Sunday has destroyed our way of life? Caledonian MacBrayne has confirmed it intends to introduce Sunday ferry services from the mainland to Stornoway on Lewis from this weekend.

The leader of Western Isles Council, Angus Campbell, was on Morning Extra today defending the sanctity of Sundays and he said that it's not just about religion: it's just as much about preserving a way of life that a majority of the islanders support. Is he right? Is unbridled commercialism destroying family life?

Or should people have the right to choose to work and travel on a Sunday if they so choose? Let me know what you think.

Previous BBC News stories
Council opposes Sunday sailings (5 June 2009)
Legal opinion over Sunday sailing (3 June 2009)
Resignation over Sunday sailing (2 June 2009)
Society to fight Sunday ferries (19 May 2009)
War of words over Sunday sailings (15 May 2009)
Sunday ferry sailing 'inevitable' (14 May 2009)
Sunday ferry makes first sailing (9 Apr 2006)

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