ON Wednesday I took part in a Tory debate on Covid, vaccination and an independence referendum. Donald Cameron moved the motion and I moved the amendment – both of us from our homes. Then as Monica Lennon waited to do the same, Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles intervened to claim that remote participation did not allow for what he called “proper debate”. Of course Mr Rumbles knows a bit about remote participation in the Parliament, or at least its committees, as he did just that – from his second home in Italy – for a couple of months last summer. But he is not wrong to say that real parliamentary debate is undoubtedly more difficult in Holyrood at present.
Poll after poll has found the Conservative Prime Minister is exceedingly unpopular north of the border. His reception on the streets of Castlemilk, where Mr Johnson bumped elbows with soldiers giving the Covid vaccine at the leisure centre on a cold and drizzly day, was no warmer.
Daniel Wilson, 22, events manager and DJ “I think he should have locked the country down a lot faster than he did, like they did in New Zealand. “But he’s just a guy trying to do his job so you can’t hate him for it. “It’s a bit hypocritical to come here when they’re shutting down borders and not letting anyone out.
The Scottish court system is unable to acknowledge that a mistake has been made, the lawyer who designed the 2001 Lockerbie trial has said.Robert Black, emeritus professor of Scots Law at the
BOONE COUNTY, ILLINOISâThe Boone County Sheriffâs Office announced on Sunday that one to its K9 dogs died when a suspected drunk driver crashed into the back of a squad car on Interstate 90.
At around 1:30 a.m., deputy Robert Rosenkranz and K9 Loki conducted a traffic stop on I-90 near Irene Road when a suspected drunk driver struck the back of Rosenkranzâs squad vehicle. The impact caused the squad vehicle to crash into the vehicle that was initially part of the traffic stop, according to the Illinois State Police.
State police said a 53-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were injured and transported for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
BOONE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) A Boone County K-9 was killed in the line of duty early Sunday morning after a suspected drunk driver rear-ended a squad vehicle on Interstate 90, the sheriff s office posted on Facebook.
Officials said the K-9, named Loki, and his handler were conducting a traffic stop on the right shoulder of I-90 near Irene Road at approximately 1:30 a.m. when a white Lincoln limousine struck the rear of the deputy s fully marked squad car.
The force of the impact pushed the squad car into the vehicle the deputy had pulled over.
The deputy was out of the vehicle at the time and only received minor injuries from flying debris. However, K-9 Loki was secured in a kennel inside the vehicle at the time of the accident and was transported to an emergency vet clinic in Rockford where he later passed, according to the post.