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Roger White Profile picture
@rogerlwhite
May 23, 2020 • 8 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Right, here's my take on Dominic Cummings for those rushing to defend him.
Without knowing the full facts (which I don't think we have) I don't accept his 250 mile corona-busting trip was acceptable.
As far as I'm concerned, until I know otherwise, he falls into the same category as Calderwood and Ferguson.
They all seem to have a sense of entitlement that comes from being close to the centre of power.
For the entire period of the lockdown I've kept scrupulously to the rules. They haven't.
I'm not going to discuss it further on Twitter.
Some people (all political POVs and none) seem to disagree strongly and be willing to rush in and defend Cummings.
If you don't like my view, feel free to unfollow or block me as appropriate. I may do the same to you if you get unpleasant about the subject. End.

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Feb 13
Does @HumzaYousaf have a special attraction to Qatar? He's on holiday there just now. But here's a historical curiosity. In 2013 he was a junior SNP minister i/c 'external affairs', though they're a reserved matter, and he was also in Qatar then. 1/8
In May 2013 @HumzaYousaf visited Qatar on Scottish Government business. If anyone's aware that Qatar was a Scot Gov priority at the time, I'd love to see the evidence of why. 2/8
In 2015 it was noticed @HumzaYousaf's official diary for his Qatar visit had not been published (in contravention of gov't. rules), although the rest of his May 2013 diary had been. It was a 'clerical error'. Of course. 3/8 mercinon.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/the…
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Dec 7, 2023
1/10 'The values of this place, they aren't Scotland's values' - @StephenFlynnSNP MP. My thanks to @dj_forrester for bringing his statement to my attention.
2/10 To be fair (you'll see how magnanimous that is shortly) Flynn was standing outside Westminster and pointed at it as he spoke. But as we know, the 'W' word is Scottish nationalism's favourite synonym for Britain or England.
3/10 So how different are that place's values from Scotland's? Flynn was talking about immigration and how many of Scotland's communities have been 'enriched by people coming to our shores'. Scottish exceptionalism lurks unspoken in his words.
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Nov 23, 2022
1/14 I was surprised to hear a BBC headline today in the wake of the supreme court decision on the Scottish Parliament's right to enact a Bill for a second Scexit referendum ...
2/14 The headline (Radio 4 earlier this evening) said that there were 'protests across Scotland' against the decision. There are some things you need to know, especially if you were listening from outside Scotland.
3/14 The phrase 'protests across Scotland' gives the impression of some huge national ferment. The reality is that the numbers will not be large. They will certainly be fewer than the organisers claim.
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Nov 23, 2022
1/4 So the mendacious language of separation evolves. #sturgeon
2/4 The recent nationalist trend has been to describe the union between Scotland and England as 'voluntary'. It was only ever voluntary in the sense that 315 years ago two parliaments volunteered to legislate for a union.
3/4 Section 1 of the Act of Union says that the union is 'hereof and forever'. Forever. That's permanent.
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May 27, 2022
1/10 This article (h/t @graeme_from_IT) sums up nicely a number of points about the SNP and the recent Scottish council elections that have come to prominence in the last week or two.
2/10 The article confirms the posturing about entitlement that the SNP at all levels (local activists to cabinet secretaries) are bringing to a new grievance about council elections.
3/10 The SNP line goes 'We're the largest group in [Name] Council therefore we should be entitled to run this organisation' [Their claim ignores the minority of first preference votes they usually receive but we'll let that pass just now]
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Jan 30, 2022
1/ A recent FOI request established 11 Scot Gov civil servants are working on the SNP's ‘detailed prospectus’ for separation. A referendum on the subject is very unlikely in the present parliament but the news raises issues about the probity of the exercise.
2/ The UK has a unified civil service. Scot Gov civil servants are also UK civil servants. Their loyalty is not to any party or administration.
3/ Civil servants set to work on a prospectus for separation are most likely being asked to breach a number of standards in the civil service code. For example … (from gov.scot/publications/c…)
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