Can someone explain why Royal Bank of Scotland, bailed out by the tax-payer, is held accountable for shareholders losing their money after being duped by Fred Goodwin and Co? If RBS had not been bailed out, it would have failed and shareholders would have lost out. Being bailed out by the tax-payer, it is essentially …
Category: Politics
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal interview
The full BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (Gaelic radio) interview with Dr Donald Boyd, the leader of the Scottish Christian Party, can be heard by clicking on this link. It was only partially broadcast on 19th May 2017. Dr Boyd was asked about the SCP vision for Inverness and the Highlands, and he was asked in …
Jump to attention
Many public bodies think that their authority allows them to call the public to jump to attention. Take the tax office. One will wait weeks and even months to get a response from them, but they expect you to answer them within so many days, with the threat of penalties - even although you may …
The Law against Natural Justice
It is a well-known adage that only the very rich and the very poor can afford to go to law, because the poor receive Legal Aid from the public purse. Not only does this give the poor an advantage over middle-income earners, but it is contrary to natural justice. If there is not equal access …
Obama gives a lead to Trump
There has been much media coverage of Donald Trump's use of social media and mis-calling main stream media. Let us remember that it was Obama who used social media to galvanise support for his successful campaign to reach the White House. It looks like sour grapes to complain that Donald Trump did the same. "President …
What is Islamic Reformation?
Tonight, 14 Feb 2017, BBC Newsnight's Viewsnight carried an opinion that Islamic State is a Reformation in islam. Canadian author Graeme Wood compared the similarities of the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) with the Protestant Reformation under Martin Luther, pointing to 1. the call to return to the original sources (the Bible and Quran) to …
Morality and women in politics
The Women’s Equality Party is the new lassie on the block. It does not like Donald Trump's victory in the USA. Its spokeswoman on the Daily Politics today complains that his election means that one can demean woman and 'it doesn't matter'. Secular morality is offended. The secular elite is now discovering how Christians have …
BT and identifying cold callers
Following my blogpost on cold calling, another issue is the problem of identification. Occasionally British Telecom (BT) phone me. The most recent call was to remind me to renew my broadband with them. This needs serious consideration because tonight I sent an email which did not go through. What was the reason? This is what …
Dealing with cold callers
Many of you have probably had cold callers wasting your time. Rather than putting the phone down on them, you might want to waste their time, or better still, to maximise their time to good effect. My most recent call (the second one today) went like this. First, he asked about 'my recent minor car …
Copyrighting our language
Language barriers and language battles are very real features of modern society. Now Google is taking over our alphabet. The world famous search engine company is rebranding itself as Alphabet. Can Alphabet be seriously trademarked? Will others be allowed to use the same name? Walt Disney once tried to get Dr Donald Duck, a Scottish …
Donald's Thoughts 