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Day 59 – 26 April 2012 Donald Trump Senior is (and remains) a GlobalScot together with Donald Trump jun. and George Sorial. Will they still be GlobalScots after their appearance at the Scottish Parliament on 25 April? Day 28 –
Continue reading(This is a quick blog written at launch of Crown Estate report). The Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has published its report into the Crown Estate in Scotland. The report is brief, concise and to the point.
Continue readingAmong my emails this morning was one claiming that statements I have made on my blogs on the GlobalScot programme are “inaccurate and libelous” and that “you are now on notice”. For the record, libel is not a civil wrong
Continue readingDAY 2 Donald Trump is still a GlobalScot (see my post of yesterday). Early days though. A motion lodged in Parliament today by Patrick Harvie seeking support for revoking Trump’s membership now has three signatories. And the past 24 hours
Continue readingAlex Salmond met Rupert Murdoch today for lunch. They talked about future investment in Scotland. I am prepared to give Mr Salmond the benefit of the doubt in terms of the wisdom of aligning himself with Mr Murdoch and I
Continue readingWestwater plantation in Dumfries-shire – owned by a landowner in Surrey and granted over £1 million in Scottish forestry grants. Last year I was commissioned by the Forest Policy Group to undertake research into who owns Scotland’s forests. The report
Continue readingUPDATE 1381 days later 9 December 2015 The Scottish Government has withdrawn Donald Trump’s role as a GlobalScot in response to remarks he made that Muslims should be prohibited from entering the UK. —————————————————————————————————————- Donald Trump Jr. arrives in
Continue readingThe latest tantrums of Donald trump over the proposal to site wind turbines off the Aberdeenshire coast received a lot of publicity in the news this last week. Mike Small reflects on some of this in the Guardian yesterday.
Continue readingUnion Bridge in1807. Reproduced by kind permission of University of Aberdeen ABDUA 30581 A year ago I was asked to undertake investigations into the history of the Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen on behalf of the Friends of Union Terrace
Continue readingFurther to my previous blogs on this topic, I have today submitted my written evidence to the Energy, Economy and Tourism Committee of the Scottish Parliament as part of their Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill. In addition to the
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