BY JOHN NASH On 4th April, Channel 4 TV News Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, ran a tailpiece about the continuing attempts in the Westminster Asylum to ban hunting trophy imports into the UK, together with a short article on the C4 website. He pointed out that it is still legal to import “heads and body parts of species like buffalo, lion and giraffe despite promises … Continue reading Big Cats and Polecats
BY BRIAN MONTEITH Can we stop freaking out and just choose for ourselves?! Are the waves of collective hysteria that wash across social media from smart phones and tablets making us lose our marbles? Does the heightened sense of immediacy and intimidating volume of comment undermine our sense of proportion and ability to reflect before we are tempted to react? From politics to personal finance … Continue reading Stop Freaking Out!
BY HAMISH GOBSON Humza Yousaf calling Suella Braverman “unfit for public office” seems to me to be a clear case of the pot calling the kettle white. Last Monday’s Herald reported our whiter-than-white First Minister, who thinks it wrong for Scotland to have so many “white” people in senior positions in public life, considers that no wrong was done when his Minister for Net Zero Moroccans, Michael Matheson, … Continue reading Yousurf, Matheson & Titillating Footie in Morocco
BY JOHN NASH There is a huge difference between a dairy farm where milk is produced from grass and, say, a petting farm where people, especially children, go to see and touch live animals. Rather importantly, the first is actually a farm and the second is entertainment even when sold as education. Farming is a primary occupation, exploiting the “outside” environment to produce the … Continue reading Different Worlds
