RuamRudy

To the best of my knowledge, she hasn't been charged with anything, let alone found guilty. Are you privy to information that the rest of us aren't? I am not a member of the SNP nor have I donated money to them so I have no personal axe to grind, although I am frustrated that there is this distraction when the need to get our country free of the malignant effect of the UK is greater than ever.

You are demonising a woman for enacting a policy which your own and many other governments pursues, and about which you remain either ignorant or silent. One might suggest that your hatred of her is somewhat irrational.

It doesn't matter how tightly you clutch those pearls, it won't make her words hate speech. Nor will it stop people up and down the UK agreeing with her. And I most certainly don't make any excuses for wanting to free my country from the toxic, massively damaging effects of being in the UK.

You do know that there are trans women in English female prisons, don't you?

What utter nonsense - many people detest the Tory party and with very good cause. To detest something that exudes corruption and entrenches privilege, and is responsible for maintaining inequality across the UK is nothing to be ashamed of.

What an incredibly arrogant response. You are essentially saying that Scots have been hoodwinked and are incapable of making up their own decision about the future of our country. And then you throw in this guff about hate speech. I know as fact that you are unable to point to a single example of this but I guess when you have nothing else, you have to rely on lies.

Ok, so you, too, have nothing.

That makes her odious? That makes her a politician. Do you really not have anything of substance?

Try to be more descriptive - maybe make a list of specific things, for example?

Sure - I was making a comparison between the muscular response of police Scotland to allegations of financial impropriety within the SNP, and the complete lack of interest within in the Metropolitan Police with regards to the allegations of corruption in the awarding of COVID contracts or peerages for cash which are laid at the door of the Tory government.

If she is suspected of criminal activity then due process should be followed. Good to see Police Scotland take positive action when faced with unanswered questions. If only the Met took the same line against Tory party criminality, Johnson, Hancock, Mone and so many others would be banged up already.

As his old headmaster said, Johnson is the type of person who looks to see what way the crowd is marching then jumps to the front, crying "follow me". A nasty, selfish and thoroughly unpleasant character who, I fear, will continue to blight the country due to his vast ego and his love of other people's money.

Is brexit done? If so then I am aligned with the majority of the country who are hugely disappointed with its results.

You are right about rising house prices, but you failed to put it in context. "The average price per square meter of residential real estate in Turkey reached $675 in October 2022, and the average cost of a house was $87,736." Then look at average salaries. In Turkey it's around €443 net, whereas Germany, where the largest Turkish diaspora lives, it's €2645. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage?wprov=sfla1 Foreigners don't get to vote in Turkish elections so your last point is irrelevant to my post.

I have seen it suggested that a lot of the Turkish diaspora like him because of the economic chaos he has created - property prices remain low so they can swoop in from afar and snap up property for a song. It seems a bit of a stretch that all will be motivated by greed, but I am sure it's not totally without merit.

Control the media, crush dissent, throw a few sovs to the poor to make them think you are one of them - governments the world over are trying the same tactics.

Such incidents seem to be happening with such regularity in the US these days - or are they better reported now? Either way, I can't believe that the officer had decided to shoot a child; I can only assume that this was a response to a situation that the officer lost control of. But the level of fear that the police must bear on a daily basis such that everything becomes a potential threat and a target must, over time, be crushing. I hope that the injured boy makes a full recovery, and that any compensation he may be entitled to goes to help make this future prospects better.

Wow, the likeness is uncanny, you comic genius, you. Are there still tickets available for your Fringe show?

I am surprised that you had to ask. I think everyone should have the right to air their opinions. It doesn't mean that I have to agree with them, and certainly is doesn't mean that I can't laugh uproariously at their hypocrisy, but feel free to air your views. I will support your right to do so, irrespective of how unpalatable they may be.

Latest poll - support for the SNP falls but they still remain the dominant party in Scotland; the union still seen as least preferred future for our country. https://news.stv.tv/politics/ipsos-stv-poll-snp-support-falls-in-wake-of-nicola-sturgeon-resignation-and-police-finance-probe

It's so sad that the hopes that the world had for a modern SA when Mandela became president have all but gone. I think Mbeki was the last leader to show even a bit of integrity.

Snowflake right wingers love their cancel culture.

Kate Hoey must be proud of herself - another Brexit triumph hopefully in the post: Irish reunification. Sinn Féin becomes biggest party in local government in Northern Ireland Sinn Féin has become the biggest party in Northern Ireland local government after stunning gains in council elections. It swept past the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) and became the first nationalist party to hold the most council seats, delivering a political and psychological blow to unionism.

A lifetime of indoctrination and an almost religious fervour about the importance of the state and it's infallibility can do that to you. Add a state controlled media and brutally stifle dissent and you are not going to see a lot of opposing views.

You said they were connected; they are most likely middle or working class. The thread is about the presence of Russians in general, not about a few very moneyed individuals who would most likely not be mixing with the hoi poloi.