THIS is my last regular column for the Sunday National. It’s been some ride.
WHY was an outfit allowed to abuse its people consistently and continually? The answer is simple and clear. Nobody cared.
AS Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, looked at its first successful test, he was full of regrets. He quoted from Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
JUST as there are various routes to happiness, there are different ways
ENGLAND has a major sewage problem. Untreated filth is repeatedly discharged in to its rivers and on its beaches, putting the public at great risk. But Scotland has a similar problem – not with a water company but with a state broadcaster.
BRITAIN is a “Failed State”. “Democracy is dead in the UK”. This is what more and more are saying.
In today’s BBC, it seems these are textbook qualifications to be the boss.
SEVERAL commentators last week insisted that “Scotland is not a colony”, and that British rule over Scotland cannot be seen as colonial
FIRSTLY, we congratulate Scotland’s newest MP. In a 37% turnout at the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, the majority of those who were able to vote clearly think their interests are best served by Michael Shanks. He will now join Labour’s other MP from Scotland
WESTMINSTER has decided that people of different backgrounds living together, sometimes called multiculturism, is not necessarily a good thing. The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said so at a right-wing meeting in the US a couple of days ago. This, despite being a beneficiary herself of a generous welcome to those coming from elsewhere.
