Donald Trump celebrates his family roots on visit to Scotland

On arrival in Aberdeen the former US president said ‘it’s great to be home, this was the home of my mother’

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Yes, it was the home of Trump’s mother until she went to America, and completely let Scotland down by giving birth to Trump, so, it will never be the home for Trump.

Florida is welcome to him, but he is not welcome in New York, or Washington and maybe many more.

So let Mar-a-Lago be the tomb for Trump and on his stone it could say ‘Here lies Trump, the only thing he was good at for he did so everytime he opened his mouth and had the experience of all of his life, so timely be at his end.

 

Source: Donald Trump celebrates his family roots on visit to Scotland

BBC’s Sarah Smith: Gun-toting US is less stressful than Scotland | Scotland | The Times

Sarah Smith, the former BBC Scotland editor, has told how she was relieved to walk away from the “bile, hatred and misogyny” of Scottish politics. Smith, who was

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I feel Sarah Smith is not comparing like with like, for in Scotland she would have been commenting on Scottish affairs and there could well have been some Scots who would have disagreed with her views and wished to advise her, rather than respect her opinion.

Now she is in America is she concentrating on Scotland or now commenting on American affairs. If she is commenting on American affairs, then America is much larger than Scotland and not all America will hear her views, unlike in Scotland where many would have heard her views.

The escalation of violence in America would appear to be far greater than Scotland and gun ownership is, so while in Scotland and unpleasant as it was, vocal comments are not as serious as gun comments, as the former are unlikely to kill.

So, I feel she should hold judgement on America.

 

Source: BBC’s Sarah Smith: Gun-toting US is less stressful than Scotland | Scotland | The Times

Brexit could cause break-up of UK, says ex-Chancellor George Osborne | Daily Mail Online

So, George Osbourne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, is saying Brexit could be the cause of the break up of the UK, well, if it is then so be it.

But, it is not Brexit, but the actions of previous Governments, with Brexit being the easiest reason to put forward, for previous Governments, be they Labour or Conservative, could not be the cause, could they!

George was never in favour of Brexit, but, then, I was never in favour of George.

Brexit will, eventually, be good for England and any other country within the UK who stays with England.

As to Brexit, I did vote to leave and my conviction to do so, is only strengthened more each day, when I see how the EU is prolonging the discussions on the terms of a Trade Deal between the UK and the EU, for they only wish to punish the UK for daring to leave the EU and to show others who are not happy being in the EU, how they would be treated, if they wished to leave,

What I would say, is if I had known in 1975 what I know now I would have voted to leave then, instead, I mistakenly voted to stay in 1975, my worst vote ever.

Goodbye EU, but hello Europe, for we wish to trade with Europe not the EU.

 

Source: Brexit could cause break-up of UK, says ex-Chancellor George Osborne | Daily Mail Online

Data on Covid care home deaths kept secret ‘to protect commercial interests’ | World news | The Guardian

Exclusive: English and Scottish regulators refuse to reveal homes with most fatalities

Source: Data on Covid care home deaths kept secret ‘to protect commercial interests’ | World news | The Guardian

Why Nicola Sturgeon’s apology over Scotland’s exams calamity isn’t enough : New Statesman

For the sake of her government’s credibility, Sturgeon must remove John Swinney as Scottish Education Secretary.

Source: Why Nicola Sturgeon’s apology over Scotland’s exams calamity isn’t enough : New Statesman

Scotland coronavirus death rate third worst in the world | The Scotsman

Scotland’s coronavirus death toll has hit 4,000 it was revealed yesterday, as the Scottish Government faced criticism over failing to meet a pledge to introduce routine testing of care home workers.

Source: Scotland coronavirus death rate third worst in the world | The Scotsman

The Scottish Government Just Rejected a Bill That Would Guarantee Free Period Products : Global Citizen

Advocates say the bill is necessary to completely end stigma.

Source: The Scottish Government Just Rejected a Bill That Would Guarantee Free Period Products : Global Citizen

Sarah Ingham: The proper place to call the government to account is not the courts, but the ballot box | Conservative Home

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“We’re not at court to ask the court to jail Boris Johnson.”

Another day, another legal action by Joanna Cherry – this time to require the Prime Minister to comply with the so-called Benn Act and seek an extension to avoid leaving the EU without a deal.  Despite her denial, the prospect of the Downing Street One being banged up is probably the only part of the process that most of the electorate can relate to.

‘Justiciable.’ Less than a month ago many voters are likely to have googled or reached for the dictionary to check the exact definition. Thanks to Cherry and more than 70 other MPs dragging judges into the toxic swamp that is politics today, the electorate is now aware it means ‘subject to trial in a court of law’.

 

Source: Sarah Ingham: The proper place to call the government to account is not the courts, but the ballot box | Conservative Home

‘Destroyed’ dunes on Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course to lose special status : The Telegraph

The sand dunes at Donald Trump’s golf resort in the north of Scotland are set to lose their protected status after experts accused the US President’s seaside course of “destroying” the habitat.

The Scottish Government agency Scottish Natural Heritage has recommended that the area should lose its status as a nationally important site of special scientific interest (SSSI).

It said there was no longer any reason to protect the dunes at Menie, north of Aberdeen, as they did not include enough special features to warrant designation.

SNH said evidence showed permanent habitat loss following the construction of fairways and greens, and that the stabilisation of mobile sand dunes had “destroyed the dynamic nature of the site”.

 

Source: ‘Destroyed’ dunes on Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course to lose special status : The Telegraph

The France v Britain scallop war goes much deeper than Brexit with nets | John Lichfield | Opinion | The Guardian

Forty French fishing boats attack five British boats in the Channel. Stones and smoke bombs are thrown. Rude words are exchanged in two languages. The British retreat.

Similar incidents have been happening for 15 years – or arguably for the last 900 years. The rights and wrong are complicated. Yesterday evening the French boats were undoubtedly the aggressors. They put to sea not in order to fish, but to harass the English and Scottish boats that had entered “their waters”.

It was foolhardy of the French fishermen, but they do have reasons to be exasperated. The latest outbreak of the Baie de la Seine scallop war should be seen in the context of Brexit and the deep uncertainties and exaggerated expectations encouraged by simplistic and vague UK plans to reclaim “our seas” and “our fish”.

Ironies abound. In the this dispute, British boats are asserting their right to fish in French waters even when they are closed to French trawlers. This right depends on EU rules, but pre-dates the EU fishing policy.

In any case, the row is not just about France v Britain. It is also about Big Boats v Small Boats, and the ecological damage caused by modern methods of industrial-scale fishing.

First, some facts. The clashes took place in “French waters” – that is to say about 15 miles from the French coast at a point where the Channel is about 100 miles wide, well beyond any possible legal definition of British waters. There were 40 French boats and five British – but the French boats were tiny and the British boats were large.

Source: The France v Britain scallop war goes much deeper than Brexit with nets | John Lichfield | Opinion | The Guardian