India beckons once again
HEADING off to India for a few weeks of heat and sunshine and watch from afar as the world moves closer to oblivion.
Our completely useless government, caught up in similar scandals to their Tory predecessors, are the least of our worries.
What I find more concerning is the way Israel is targeting civilians and children in their relentless daily bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon – with the support of the Biden and Starmer, who are continuing to allow weapons to be sold to Netanyahu and his death squads.
It is one thing taking defensive action to protect your population, but to mount onslaughts like we’re seeing daily – hospitals being targeted legitimised by the excuse that Hamas are using human shields – is beyond the pale.
Israel is putting the whole world at risk while we watch and wait.
Alex Salmond: ‘the most talented, formidable … politician of his generation’
A WEEK is a long time in politics, and while Keir Starmer and his once-proud Labour party continue their unremarkable tenure, thousands of us have been mourning the loss of Alex Salmond.
His sudden death at a conference in North Macedonia shocked everyone and brought tributes from across the political spectrum.
Alex elevated the SNP from the political fringe to the party of government in Scotland and the way he was subsequently treated by those whose careers he had cultivated is nothing short of a disgrace.
I sincerely hope that those in the secretive, authoritarian dictatorship that runs the party get their comeuppance sooner rather than later.
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, spoke eloquently as he led tributes to Alex, Flynn spoke of his own ‘great, personal sorrow’, that Alex would not live to see an independent Scotland.
He described him as “the most talented, formidable and consequential politician of his generation”, and went on: “The challenge for all of us now in the nationalist movement is to make sure we put good his legacy and deliver the future that he so badly fought for throughout his distinguished parliamentary career.”
Hear, hear.
As I write this, Chris McEleny, general secretary of the ALBA party which Alex led, is still in North Macedonia, helping with the process of repatriating Alex’s body.
Discussions are continuing but politicians in London are trying to balance the political significance of flying Alex back to Scotland with the potential public dismay of bringing him into an English airport.
I hope it’s resolved sooner rather than later, for the sake of Alex’s family.