IT really has come to something when the First Minister now feels she is so untouchable that she can bluntly and effusively insult the intelligence of journalists, opposition politicians and the electorate and has the gall to do it at a Covid briefing rather than in the Scottish Parliament ( Tories accuse Sturgeon of ‘Trump-style meltdown’ in vaccine targets storm , The Herald, July 28). It seems she does not do parliamentary scrutiny these days, perhaps due to the lack of intelligent and legitimate questions that might come before her. The sheer arrogance of her statement is mind-boggling. She deigns to advise us lesser mortals that “when I communicate, I kind of communicate at a level where I assume a certain level of intelligence on the part of people listening to me . and I assume a certain ability to attach context and common sense to what I am saying”. Well pardon me, First Minister, for becoming so confused and for lacking the intelligence or common sense to un
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A BUSINESS which has “burned through a million pounds” and laid off most of its staff during the pandemic has accused the government of “madness”. Quadrant2Design, based in Poole, designs and builds stands at trade shows held in the UK’s biggest exhibition venues. Its managing director, Alan Jenkins, blamed the government for the cancellation of events this summer which he hoped would restore the business. In a letter to Mid Dorset and North Poole MP Michael Tomlinson, Mr Jenkins said: “We have not invoiced a single job since March 2020. Unlike retail or hospitality, we have had no open periods during the pandemic. Your government has completely shut down our entire industry.
Scots to be allowed to hug again as Sturgeon scraps distancing in homes and gardens
Indoor visits to other people s homes and international travel also to be allowed in plan that closely mirrors England s
Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement
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Scots will be permitted to hug their loved ones for the first time in more than a year from Monday, after Nicola Sturgeon announced that social distancing would be scrapped in homes and gardens.
The First Minister said she felt a wee bit emotional as she revealed that the successful suppression of Covid-19 meant that she could speed up Scotland’s exit from lockdown and relax curbs on physical contact.