Coronavirus Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon may ban PUB CRAWLS

Nicola Sturgeon could ban PUB CRAWLS in Scotland after Aberdeen is locked down in coronavirus outbreak linked to bars in the Granite City First Minister said government looking at tightening rules after Aberdeen surge Pubs, cafes and restaurants have been ordered to shut by 5pm  Surgeon: ‘Pattern’ of ‘people going from one pub to another … Read more

Aberdeen is put into lockdown: Nicola Sturgeon orders all pubs in the city to close

Lockdown restrictions are to be reimposed on the Aberdeen area after 54 new cases emerged in a cornavirus cluster, Scotland’s First Minister has said. Nicola Sturgeon said 191 contacts have been traced in relation to the cluster, adding the rise in cases has contributed to a greater fear their was a ‘significant outbreak’. According to … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers with no social distancing

Nicola Sturgeon said she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers gathering with no social distancing at the weekend as 27 cases of coronavirus are linked to one bar in Aberdeen.  SNP MP Stephen Flynn today tweeted two photos he had spotted online of the city centre, where an outbreak took place in The Hawthorn Bar. … Read more

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘stupid’

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘too wee, too poor or too stupid’ to cope on its own as the PM visits north of the border to tell them being part of the Union saved 900,000 Scottish jobs during coronavirus crisis Boris Johnson visiting Scotland today for first time since 2019 … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service 

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 As a cast of characters goes, even that masterful spy scribe John Le Carre might have struggled to improve upon … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon receives 50th birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband proudly shows off a birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’ as Scotland’s First Minister turns 50 Peter Murrell posted a picture on social media showing her birthday cards One showed a caricature of Mr Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire in 2012  Also had the message message: ‘I’ve hired a … Read more

Julian Lewis accuses PM of ‘improper’ bid to seize control of security watchdog

The new chair of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog today accused Boris Johnson of an ‘improper’ bid to seize control after the PM’s favoured candidate was outflanked in a vote. Julian Lewis hit out after No10 kicked him out of the Tory party in revenge for his dramatic ambush of Chris Grayling last night, which saw him … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees a moment of merriment during a routine PMQs 

Sir Ed Davey’s face was a picture. A whirling, twirling swirl of yee-haw, whoop-dee-doo delight. Golfers know the one: that pop-eyed look of pleasure that players pull, half shock/half ecstasy, as their ball plops into the hole from long distance. Like the novice hacker who’s just chipped in from a bunker, the acting Lib Dem … Read more

Anti-English protesters at border ‘inspired by SNP politicians’

‘Racist’ protestors at Scottish-English border were ‘inspired by SNP politicians’ says Tory MP MP John Lamont prompted heated exchanges in the Commons earlier today He branded the protests ‘totally unacceptable’ and ‘inspired’ by SNP politicians The SNP’s Patrick Grady said that the party condemns any ‘anti-Englishness’ By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 21:04 BST, 15 … Read more

Tory MP Julian Lewis is kicked out of the party for ‘working with Labour’ to beat Chris Grayling

A Tory MP who beat ex-Cabinet minister Chris Grayling to the chairmanship of the powerful Intelligence and Security Committee has been kicked out of the party for ‘working with Labour and the opposition.’ Dr Julian Lewis secured the role despite widespread expectation that Mr Grayling would receive the backing of the Conservative-dominated Intelligence and Security … Read more