I am the evidence
There is a programme on Radio 4 called The Unbelievable Truth in which panellists compete to see how many nuggets of truth they are able to hide among their lies and as an example of the Alice in Wonderland world
Continue readingDonald Trump – GlobalScot?
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 readingWhat we learnt today
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 readingTrump, McConnell & Salmond
Thanks 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 readingTen Lies of Donald Trump
Image © 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 readingTrump’s lies about the wind turbines
In 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 readingTrump’s attack on democracy
Scottish Daily Mail 17 April 2012 (click here 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 readingThe SNP and Landed Elites
I 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 readingHuman Rights and Scottish legislation
I 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 readingTenant Farming in Crisis
Landownership 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
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