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UPDATE 0900 18 May 2012 A spokesperson for Mr Salmond told the West Highland Free Press that “it is too early to give any details of what the First Minister might say.” I’m delighted to report that Alex Salmond has
Continue readingDuke Richard, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KBE BBC Scotland’s Business and Economy Editor, Douglas Fraser, conducted a fascinating interview with John Glen, Chief Executive of the Buccleuch Group yesterday (online report here & audio file here). There
Continue readingA number of people in the SNP have been trying to persuade me that the Scottish Government is serious about getting land reform back on track. I am prepared to accept this once I see the evidence. Meanwhile events suggest
Continue readingThere 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 readingThe following MSPs agree that Donald Trump Senior, Donald Trump Junior and George Sorial should cease to be members of the GlobalScot network. Patrick HarvieKezia DugdaleJean Urquhart ……. 5 MSPs are happy for Trump et al to remain global ambassadors
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 [link broken May 2025] 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
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 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
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