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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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Highlands and Islands Airports: Air traffic controllers strike is another fine mess from Scottish ministers – Brian Wilson
On top of all the other travel woes facing Scotland’s islands, we are to have a one-day strike of air traffic controllers later this month with all services cancelled.
Saturday, 17th July 2021, 4:55 am
Air traffic controllers are to stage a one-day strike in protest against plans to introduce remote control towers at Highlands and Islands Airports
The only other person filling four roles on public boards is Ann Allen, the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES). While she is not remunerated for work as a board member of the National Museums of Scotland (NMS), she receives £9,600 as Chair of the Architecture Design Scotland Board, and £7,800 working two days per month as a board member of the influential board of Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), – the SNP’s alternative to PFI. She also sits on the Water Industry Commission for Scotland board, which brings in £13,780 . A Chartered Surveyor with over 35 years’ experience, Allen has worked for organisations such as John Lewis, HBOS and the UK Government.