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Picture of Michael Cohen I resent spending time writing about Trump. But he continues to bully, harrass and lie as well as violating people’s human rights, breaching planning consents and generally running riot over the lives and democratic processes of
Continue readingThanks to the Scotsman’s report today we now know an answer to a question that is critical to uderstanding the Trump/McConnell/Salmond spat. Trump is continuing to claim that he had reassurances., “I feel totally betrayed and lied to by the
Continue readingImage © David McCue from movie poster of You’ve Been Trumped I had promised a blog about my conversation with Donald Trump jun. last year. However, for reasons which will become clear, I am now going to delay that until
Continue readingIn light of Donald Trump’s claims about reassurances given or promises made about the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in relation to his proposed golf course development, it is important to attempt to put on record the legitimacy or
Continue readingScottish Daily Mail 17 April 2012 (click image for full report) George Sorial, Donald Trump’s legal counsel and spokesperson is quoted in the Daily Mail today as saying that, “We will not allow a reckless First Minister to (sic) destroy
Continue readingI have been on a quest for some time to fathom why on earth the SNP Government is not doing more (doing anything in fact) on land reform. It has announced a new Scottish Land Fund but that is simply
Continue readingI am grateful to Lallands Peat Worrier for his comments on a draft of this blog. A dispute over a farm in East Lothian may be responsible for the second time in two months for the provisions of an Act
Continue readingLandownership in rural Scotland remains hugely concentrated in the hands of very few large landowners. Whilst the kinds of reforms that might change this appear to be on the back-burner as far as the Scottish government is concerned, there is
Continue readingIn 2008, we set up Busking for Street Children which raised money for Students Supporting Street Kids. Since then I have not had the time to develop the project but there was (and continues to be) considerable enthusiasm for the
Continue readingProud to see my daughter, Isla Ratcliff, in Evening News [broken link Feb 2024] today. She is playing with Edinburgh Youth Orchestra tonight in Glasgow and tomorrow (Sunday 8 April) in the Usher Hall. She has also composed a rather
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