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1 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The prominent anti-lockdown projection & URL, caught my eye. So I thought I’d have a wee shifty. The campaign is run by a firm called Restore the Balance. One of its directors, Jonathan Dobinson, is director of a company called World4Brexit. Here’s where it gets interesting 1/2
A lobbying firm by the same name, World4Brexit, was promoted by Nigel Farage last year. It launched in NY, attended by prominent Trump supporters, including Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager.
So who’s funding a high profile anti Covid-19 lockdown campaign with the resources to project its message in parliament, and which features prominently on tomorrow’s front page of one the UK’s bestselling newspapers?
Tagging in dark money expert @PeterKGeoghegan on this one.

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7 Oct
EXCL: Woody Johnson, the billionaire US ambassador to the UK, spent more than £1,000 on golf and dinner in a single day during a three-night stay at Donald Trump’s Scottish resort - and American taxpayers picked up the bill. My @TheScotsman story: scotsman.com/news/politics/…
If you're unaware of the ties between Trump and his extraordinarily wealthy ambassador to the UK, here's an accompanying article detailing their longstanding social connections. It includes a wig-themed birthday party. Forewarned is forearmed etc. scotsman.com/news/politics/…
Folk in the US may not be aware how Trump's Turnberry resort has discovered a rich new seam of revenue during his presidency. So here's a recap of how his flagship Scottish property is reaping plenty of US taxpayer dollars - while still running at a loss: scotsman.com/news/politics/…
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1 Oct
At #FMQs, @AlisonJohnstone raises the closure of a @EdinburghUni Covid-19 testing lab - as revealed in today's @TheScotsman👇- saying that the decision to deploy testing to the full is a @scotgov policy choice which contradicts @WHO guidance.

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.@NicolaSturgeon says the lab was never designed as a "permanent provision," and that the @scotgov is developing regional hubs to provide long-term capacity. (NB - is developing, not *has developed*)
.@AlisonJohnstone says the @scotgov strategy is outdated, and says Scottish universities are falling behind when it comes to testing. FM replies that testing strategy is subject to constant review.
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29 Sep
New NYT Trump tax report highlights Qs around his financing in 2011, when Apprentice & licensing $ began to dry up. But Trump was repeatedly asking a foreign bank for funding as early as *2008* when those $ streams were rising. My analysis for @TheScotsman scotsman.com/news/politics/…
The NYT's superb infographic lays out the ebb and flow of Trump's finances. What's clear is that in 2008, his income from Trump Org, Apprentice, licensing etc were all v buoyant: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Which begs the Q why Trump, having met two Scottish bankers at Trump Tower, wrote to the Bank of Scotland repeatedly asking it for financing. Sometimes it was as high as £38m, sometimes s low as £9m. Either way, these are modest sums for someone of Trump's claimed wealth.
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22 Sep
Nicola Sturgeon announces nationwide restrictions on people visiting other households across Scotland as part of measures to stem renewed spread of Covid-19.
"We are determined to keep schools open and young people in education," FM says, adding that plans are in place restart other NHS services, and keep business trading as normally "as is feasible."
New restrictions are "tough, yet more "targeted," FM says, and do not represent a "full scale lockdown."
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11 Jul
EXCL The Trump Org is planning a new "world class coastal retreat" in Scotland. It says it'll meet growing demand for "investment opportunities" & mark its entry into the retirement property market. But there are Qs over the development & Trump's finances. scotsman.com/news/uk-news/r…
Here’s a thread, with pics by my colleague @2point8_photos, spelling out some of the issues in play. The most obvious one is that this retreat, if approved, would represent one of the most ambitious and expensive projects undertaken by Trump’s firm since he became president.
It would also offer an unprecedented opportunity for individuals, investors & companies to buy into Trump Org’s vision of hundreds of properties peppering a picturesque part of Scotland's west coast - further stoking tensions between Trump’s private interests & his public office
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11 Mar
NEW: The Trump Org has submitted plans to alter and extend the hotel building at its Turnberry resort to incorporate an “outdoor activity centre.” It will include a children’s play area, a room for teenagers, and adjoining it, a ‘gun station’
Why a gun station? As well as its golf courses, spa, restaurants, etc, Trump Turnberry offers various hunting packages, as well as shotgun clay shooting.
The centre has yet to be approved by @southayrshire, though accounts signed by @EricTrump state it’ll be built this year. In its
submission, Trump’s consultants say the centre “may further enhance” Turnberry’s prospects of hosting the Open championship (it last did so in 2009)
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