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The following MSPs agree that Donald Trump Senior, Donald Trump Junior and George Sorial should cease to be members of the GlobalScot network. Patrick Harvie Kezia Dugdale Jean Urquhart ……. 5 MSPs are happy for Trump et al to remain
Continue readingPicture 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 readingThe Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill is currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament. One topic I have raised is the question of beneficial landownership and land held by companies in tax havens (see previous posts on topic).The Scottish Government
Continue readingLast week saw the 10th anniversary of the Stage 1 debate on the Land Reform (Scotland) bill in the Scottish Parliament. It is interesting to note some of the statements made by MSPs at the time. Column numbers are in
Continue readingIn relation to my previous post discussion the Stage 1 report on the Long Leases (Scotland) Bill, it is only right that I should also highlight the Stage 1 report on the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill published on 6
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