/qnotables21/ - ===Q Notables 2021===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15925542 (231438ZMAR22) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages 11-15 of Case study no' 6 (pages 29-33 of the .pdf file)

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Attached pages 11-15 of Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI).

Pages 29-33 of the pdf file

https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/media/3024/scottish-government-findings.pdf

I have some news regarding His Boggley-eyed(ness), the Chief Guinea-pig/Lab Rat. His full and final evidence sessions with Council for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) ended some weeks ago and having been sent the transcript to allow changes/omissions/additions to be made if there was any error in its content, has now been sent off back to the SCAI for final submission. He will then wait to be called to give his evidence in person at the inquiry. I have grave doubts that he will be called to give evidence and if he is I’m confident that his evidence will be heavily redacted and possibly withheld in its entirety from the SCAI’s website.

His submission I can’t quote before it is made public on the SCAI website at some future, as yet undetermined point in time in case I prejudice his statement and aid in its redaction or omission from the inquiry. It was, given what we know about the Inquiry Chair’s ability (not just this inquiry, but apparently any PUBLIC inquiry) to withhold information from the public and even redacting testimony to protect those with “reputations” deemed more important than everyone else’s, there was some stuff that was not said in his submission that merited inclusion.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15940585 (251333ZMAR22) Notable: Brian Gill, Lord Gill, PC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gill,_Lord_Gill

Brian Gill, Lord Gill, PC (born 25 February 1942) is a retired Scottish judge and a legal academic. He served as Lord President and Lord Justice General from June 2012 until May 2015. Gill previously served as Lord Justice Clerk from 2001 to 2012, and as Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1996 to 2001.As an advocate, he practised principally in agricultural lawand is the author of The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland. In 2007–2009, Gill undertook a far-reaching review of the civil courts system in Scotland,[1] recommending a shift of much of the workload of the Court of Session to Scotland's local sheriff courts.

Education

Gill was born in Glasgow and educated at St Aloysius' College, an independent Jesuit school in the city.He studied at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow (M.A., LL.B.), where he was a member of the Glasgow University Union and Dialectic Society, and at Edinburgh where he gained his PhD in 1975[2] and lectured in the Faculty of Law from 1964 until 1977. He was awarded Honorary Degrees by Glasgow University in 1998 (LL.D.), Edinburgh University in 2007, and the University of Abertay, Dundee, in 2008 (LL.D.).[3]

Career

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1967 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1981. He was called to the English Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1991. Lord Gill was an Advocate Depute from 1977 to 1979, and standingJunior Counsel to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office(1974–77), theHome Office(1979–81) and the ScottishEducation Department(1979–81). He has been amember of the Scottish Legal Aid Boardand the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council and Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal. Gill was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1994, and was Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission from 1996 until 2001.[4] Lord Gill was appointed Lord Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session in November 2001.[4]

From 1987 to 1994 he was Keeper of the Advocates' Library and a Trustee of the National Library of Scotland. He is the author of The Law of Agricultural Holdings in Scotland.

He retired as Lord President in May 2015.[3] Since then he has sat on occasion as an acting judge of the United Kingdom Supreme Court.

Preceded as Lord Justice Clerk AND Lord President of the Court of Session

and Lord Justice General by none other thanLord Cullen

Also succeeded in same positions byLord Carloway

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15942064 (251705ZMAR22) Notable: Brian Gill, Lord Gill, PC

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https://www.qvs.school/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20100624-The-Victorian-2010-SP-LR.pdf

Patron

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE

Chairman

Professor B McGettrick

==Commissioners

The Right Honorable Lord Gill PC, The Lord

Justice Clerk==

Major General D A H Shaw General Officer

Commanding 2nd Division

DJ Crawley Esq

Mrs L Fisher

Major General A R Freer OBE

Rear Admiral R Lockwood CB

A J C Plumtree Esq

Brigadier P S Purves CBE

Rear Admiral N E Rankin CB CBE JP

C Ross Esq

Group Captain M Urquhart

Sheriff S Waldron

http://petercherbi.blogspot.com/2014/07/rising-son-scotlands-top-judge-lord.html

See attached screenshot.

https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/30611/page/2

The Jesuit trained Gill was also the head Legal advisor to the Catholic Bishop's Conference in Scotland for 30 years. Patron of the Latin Mass Society (LMS).

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>LMS names six new patrons COMPOSER James MacMillan and former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore are among six new patrons named by the Latin Mass Society.

>Other patrons include Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Lord Gill, the second most senior judge in Scotland, composer Colin Mawby and Sir Adrian FitzGerald, former chairman of governors at Cardinal Vaughan school, west London.

https://lms.org.uk/patrons-and-patron-saints

3rd attached screenshot. 4th is another lordy type fuck, biographer of Thatcher who had a cabinet full of child abusers.

Brian, Lord Gill KSG

>Lord Gill is a former Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland’s most senior judge. He retired from this role in 2015, and sits on the UK’s Supreme Court’s Supplementary Panel of Judges.

>He was made a Knight of the Order of St Gregory (KSG), a papal knighthood, in 2012. He is a longstanding supporter the Traditional Latin Mass. He currently lives in London and is often to be seen at the Society’s London events.

This CUNT has his tentacles in everywhere it seems, Scottish and British Parliaments, Catholic Church, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Several ties to Lord Cullen and Dunblane...........Cullens daughter reportedly employed by SCAI after being personally requested by Lady (?) Ann Smith Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. He (Gill) behind every Judicial action to prevent a SCAI and most likely behind it's watered down remit that excludes the Great and the (not so) Good from any kind of investigation. Massive ties to British and Papal Crowns.

This guy is reeking. Doesn't anyone smell it?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15958864 (272321ZMAR22) Notable: Call for Glasgow Uni tutor to be axed after branding Ukraine invasion a ‘panto’

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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/8622921/glasgow-uni-tutor-russia-ukraine-war-comments-online/

UNDER FIRE Call for Glasgow Uni tutor to be axed after branding Ukraine invasion a ‘panto’

Alice Walker

15:54, 26 Mar 2022

A TOP Scots Uni has faced calls to sack a tutor who reportedly branded Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "panto".

The University of Glasgow has faced calls to sack Dr Alan McManus over the reported comments.

Dr McManus, an associate tutor in the School of Education, is reportedly under investigation by the uni for spreading conspiracy theories about coronavirus and Ukraine, according to The Times.

Dr Joanna Szostek, a political communication lecturer, has called for McManus to be sacked.

She told The Times she believes the university should "no longer employ" him.

Szotec told the paper she would “would personally be quite concerned about someone who expresses those kind of views, conspiracy theories, and apparent indifference to the suffering of Ukrainians, holding a teaching role”.

The lecturer went on to say she feels McManus' views do not reflect the values of Glasgow Uni.

The Times reported McManus has made comments describing the Ukrainian traffic cone on the Duke of Wellington statue as "hideous crochet propaganda" and that he would be learning Russian to protest against "biased" reporting of the Russian invasion.

It was also reported he claimed he would be watching Russian films and having Russian food to protest against "mainstream media" misinformation.

The paper reported McManus is a supporter of anti-COVID vaccine group White Rose and made the alleged comments on the group's messaging board.

It was reported he also made comments supporting a conspiracy theory that the war in Ukraine is being managed by powerful individuals to set up a "New World Order".

He reportedly replied to claims the conflict was "engineered" saying: “I’m so glad someone has said this. It makes perfect sense. It’s a panto!”

It was also reported that McManus said he was not a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Both Dr Alan McManus and the University of Glasgow have been approached for comment by the Scottish Sun.

Laughable, but big, big love to Dr Alan McManus for the temerity to have individual thought processes who won't bend to corrupt government dictat.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15958922 (272330ZMAR22) Notable: Judges anger over SNP's 'soft-touch' push to keep MORE criminals out of prison

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/judges-anger-over-snps-soft-26566490

Judges anger over SNP's 'soft-touch' push to keep MORE criminals out of prison

Under the plans, Justice Secretary Keith Brown wants more 'credible' alternatives to jailing offenders.

Top judges in Scotland have slated controversial SNP plans to free criminals from jail after serving only a third of their sentence.

The SNP-led Scottish Government recently consulted on the plans to make criminals on shorter sentences eligible for early release.

As part of the plans, those on sentences of four years or fewer could be eligible for early release after only a third of their sentence.

Meanwhile, those on longer sentences could get Parole Board hearings to consider their release after serving the same period.

But the Senators of the College of Justice warned the “proposals raise profound questions concerning the impact on public confidence in the criminal justice system.”

The judges panel who oversee Scotland’s highest criminal and civil courts, warned that Scots would be left confused to the length of time served behind bars and the sentence passed in the courts.

“He was brought to justice thanks to a thorough and complex investigation by police and our expert prosecutors.

“The Crown is committed to the fair and effective prosecution of sexual offences, whenever the crimes occurred, and I would encourage anyone who has been the victim of similar offending to come forward and seek support.”

King initially made headlines six years ago when he was jailed for the sexual abuse of young girls.

Dana Fowley was one of the victims and she later went on to write a book called 'How could she?' about what happened.

Her mother Caroline Dunsmore was sentenced to 12 years in 2007 in a separate case for her role in the abuse.

Scottish Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene: “This is a real insult to the victims who suffered at the hands of this monster. It is yet another example of the SNP’s soft-touch justice system prioritising criminals instead of victims.

“It is little wonder that one of his victims has slammed this lenient sentence after everything they have been through.

“Cases like this are exactly why the Scottish Conservatives have announced plans to give people the power to call on the Lord Advocate to review sentences which are too soft. That can help restore confidence in our justice system and ensure victims will always be the priority.”

The nerve of some Judges eh? Conspire to deny Justice for 14 years and then try to take the moral high ground over their accomplices in the cover up of decades (AT LEAST) of crimes against little kids: sexual, mental, emotional, physical abuse, medical experiment use for orphaned and disabled kids. Why not speak out on this and the Judge participation in this?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15992504 (012205ZAPR22) Notable: John Swinney tests positive for covid after 'avoiding virus for two years'

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/john-swinney-tests-positive-covid-26590174.amp

John Swinney tests positive for covid after 'avoiding virus for two years'

The Deputy First Minister will not be in parliament for today's covid statement after testing positive for the virus.

by Peter Davidson

10:16, 30 Mar 2022

John Swinney has announced he has tested positive for coronavirus and will now be self-isolating.

The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Covid Recovery revealed earlier today that he had managed to avoid catching the virus for two years.

In a tweet announcing his diagnosis Swinney said he will attempt to work if he is feeling better.

The SNP minister tweeted: "After two years of avoiding #Covid_19 I tested positive this morning.

"I will be self-isolating in accordance with the rules and will try to engage with @scotparl business if I feel better than I do just now."

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice Keith Brown has also announced he has tested for the virus.

Like Swinney he took a test this morning and returned a positive result.

He tweeted Swinney saying: "Be safe John, and hopefully you’ll be better soon. Like you I’ve avoided it for two years until I had a positive test this morning. Thank goodness for Zoom!"

It comes as Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce later today if the rules around the wearing of masks in some public places will be dropped.

The First Minister met with her cabinet to discuss the measures that were kept in place following the last review.

The number of patients in hospitals with recently confirmed covid has reached a new record high, with 2,383 people requiring care, up 23 on the previous day, according to latest Scottish Government figures.

There was a drop in the number of patients requiring intensive care which fell to 20, down one on the day before.

Scotland has recorded 39 coronavirus-linked deaths and 9,311 new cases in the past 24 hours, figures published on Tuesday showed.

It means the total number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus has risen to 11,359.

So far 4,353,178 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination, 4,092,407 have received their second dose, and have 3,450,121 received a third dose or booster.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16054511 (111620ZAPR22) Notable: Judges anger over SNP's 'soft-touch' push to keep MORE criminals out of prison

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-soft-touch-justice-slammed-26535462

Scotland's soft-touch justice slammed by victim as sex abuser walks away with 'easy sentence'

A survivor has slammed the Scottish justice system after abuser William King received only six years despite causing "significant psychological suffering"

A survivor of sex abuse has slammed the SNP's soft-touch justice system which they say has allowed their abuser to escape with an 'easy sentence.'

Notorious sex offender William King received a six-year sentence for praying on two girls and a boy in Edinburgh and Dalgety Bay in Fife between 1982 and 2000.

King, a former Royal Navy sailor, was sentenced to six years at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday despite the judge describing the victim's statements as 'particularly poignant.'

One woman who was targeted for years by the 57-year-old called the sentence a "slap in the face for everyone who has waited years" for justice.

The victim, who spoke to the Daily Record, said: "Some have waited 40 years for this day and although the police did an amazing job along with the PF staff we feel slapped in the teeth and insulted by this very unjust sentence for an already convicted sex offender.

"I'm confused that the judge can give him such an easy sentence after he was found guilty."

Beast King had earlier been convicted of a total of three charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards the youngsters.

He had previously been jailed for five years in 2016 in a high profile abuse case, in which a victim waived her right to anonymity to speak publicly of her ordeal.

The woman added: "He is a predator who didn’t 'groom' his chosen children, he just took what he wanted from us.

"Some of us for years and some once but once is one time too many for an adult to take such a liberty of taking a child’s innocence.

"He didn’t care about the level of sexual abuse he inflicted on us all nor did he care how these actions would affect us into adulthood.

"He was methodical in all his actions and then he give rewards and gestures for complicity. It is disgusting.

"What kind of justice system allows a predator to appeal their sentence but not the victim? This is wrong."

Judge Alison Stirling told the court on Monday victim impact statement from one of the girls King abused was "particularly poignant".

This victim had also described "significant psychological suffering".

King, who was also put on the sex offenders register indefinitely, had been found guilty following an earlier trial in Stirling.

Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offences Fraser Gibson said: “William King’s victims demonstrated great bravery and composure throughout the prosecution process and I hope the sentence imposed today provides some resolution for them.

“He was brought to justice thanks to a thorough and complex investigation by police and our expert prosecutors.

“The Crown is committed to the fair and effective prosecution of sexual offences, whenever the crimes occurred, and I would encourage anyone who has been the victim of similar offending to come forward and seek support.”

King initially made headlines six years ago when he was jailed for the sexual abuse of young girls.

Dana Fowley was one of the victims and she later went on to write a book called 'How could she?' about what happened.

Her mother Caroline Dunsmore was sentenced to 12 years in 2007 in a separate case for her role in the abuse.

Scottish Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene: “This is a real insult to the victims who suffered at the hands of this monster. It is yet another example of the SNP’s soft-touch justice system prioritising criminals instead of victims.

“It is little wonder that one of his victims has slammed this lenient sentence after everything they have been through.

“Cases like this are exactly why the Scottish Conservatives have announced plans to give people the power to call on the Lord Advocate to review sentences which are too soft. That can help restore confidence in our justice system and ensure victims will always be the priority.”

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16060709 (121600ZAPR22) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages 16-19 (pg 34-37 of .pdf)

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Attached pages 16-19 of Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI).

Pages 34-37 of the pdf file

https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/media/3024/scottish-government-findings.pdf

Please ignore the red ink on page 18, my pink highlighter pen gave up the ghost and I used a red permanent marker on page 19 which bled through the page.

Final attached page is a reminder of John Halley's public statement which he also has as a pinned tweet on his twitter account.

@AdvocateHalley

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2021csoh035.pdf?sfvrsn=0

OUTER HOUSE, COURT OF SESSION

[2021] CSOH 35

P981/19

OPINION OF LORD BOYD OF DUNCANSBY

In Petition of

THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Petitioner

against

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY SMITH

Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

Respondent

Released APRIL 1st 2021...........very appropriately I reckon, because it's a fucking joke.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55827439

Inquiry judge right to issue media ban, Court of Session hears

By Andrew Picken

BBC Scotland News

Published

27 January 2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60496221

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry judge had no power to ban media, court rules

By Andrew Picken

BBC Scotland News

Published

23 February

A senior judge was acting beyond her powers to prevent the BBC from fully reporting a £2.6m legal claim against Scotland's child abuse inquiry, an appeal court has ruled.

Lady Smith, chairwoman of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), passed orders stopping detail of an employment tribunal claim being reported.

A judicial review of the orders brought by the BBC backed Lady Smith's move.

But the appeal court has now ruled she "had no power" to make the orders.

The SCAI said it was considering its position in light of the court's decision but added the restriction orders were issued to "prevent the imminent disclosure of confidential inquiry information into the public domain".

How utterly, utterly absurd that anyone can prevent ANY information from reaching the public in a PUBLIC INQUIRY?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16094430 (171922ZAPR22) Notable: Millions of covid vaccine doses set to be manufactured in Scotland after new jab approved

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/millions-covid-vaccine-doses-set-26729222?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCu56IJMOafuAIwlO9H&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AYc4yss66bBRK8jy7czrYMwBjbvZwvmonsTfPX_0i0uxHCYeuIAdpBGQKBMX2JD0sAZS0bN0hCbPKz5KGh0RhIvqQbvd&gaa_ts=625bedfc&gaa_sig=3hr6hezT-IHn0WUli1nColaSCnkCstZfCN4W3RrR72nLuog86s70L6O85yCgxfycoxUY2ZFILoksyC7y1NMDRA%3D%3D

Millions of covid vaccine doses set to be manufactured in Scotland after new jab approved

Plans to hire 200 workers at the Livingston plant were put into question last year after Boris Johnson pulled the plug on a £1billion contract to buy 100million doses of the vaccine.

Millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses are set to be manufactured in Scotland after a new jab was approved for use in the UK by regulators.

Scientists hope Livingston based Valneva’s jab will be more effective against different variants because it contains a whole copy of the virus.

Plans to hire 200 staff at the Scottish plant were thrown into doubt last year after Boris Johnson pulled the plug on a £1billion contract to buy 100million doses.

But jobs were saved after the Sunday Mail highlighted the scandal and the Scottish Government stepped in with a £20million grant.

Dr June Raine, chief executive of the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said the approval followed “a rigorous review of the safety, quality and effectiveness of this vaccine”.

It is hoped the ­Valneva’s Livingston base can go on to play a key role in developing and mass producing the vaccines for future pandemics.

CEO Thomas Lingelbach said: “We are extremely pleased with this new authorisation and would like to thank the MHRA for their trust and confidence.

“This is the only inactivated whole virus Covid-19 vaccine approved in the UK and this authorisation could pave the way for the availability of an alternative vaccine solution for the UK population.

“I would like to personally thank all the people who have been supporting us in this endeavour and our internal teams for all their hard work.”

Health Secretary Sajid Javid angered the company last September when he pulled out of an order for 100million doses, telling Parliament the vaccine “would not get approval”.

The move was later criticised by Dame Kate Bingham, the former chairwoman of the UK’s vaccine taskforce.

She said the decision was not only a blow to international pandemic efforts, but would dampen the UK’s resilience to future disease outbreaks.

The Scottish Government stepped in and provided £20million funding to secure the Scottish Valneva base.

In trials, blood results from volunteers who received the Valneva jab had high levels of neutralising antibodies against the pandemic virus.

The Scottish Government welcomed the approval.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16094952 (172057ZAPR22) Notable: Children living in Nicola ­Sturgeon’s constituency are poorest in the UK as investigation reveals poverty rate at 69 per cent

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-children-living-nicola-sturgeons-26729027

Children living in Nicola ­Sturgeon’s constituency are poorest in the UK as investigation reveals poverty rate at 69 per cent

Govanhill West – part of the First ­Minister’s Glasgow Southside seat – has a child poverty rate of 69 per cent.

Children living in Nicola ­Sturgeon’s constituency are the poorest in the UK.

Govanhill West – part of the First ­Minister’s Glasgow Southside seat – has a child poverty rate of 69 per cent.

That’s the worst in both Scotland and the UK, an investigation by the Sunday Mail has found.

It’s followed by ­neighbouring Govanhill East on 58 per cent – the second worst Scots area.

Margo Uprichard, chief executive of Govanhill-based charity the Louise Project, which helps struggling ­ families, said: “Poverty is endemic in Govanhill.

“Over the course of this year, people who are already in­­ ­poverty are going to suffer greatly. We are not in the eye of the storm yet but it is coming.

“We have always had families in crisis in Govanhill but the poverty is going to get worse.”

Three other parts of ­Sturgeon’s constituency were in the 10 worst areas – ­Strathbungo in third, ­Pollokshaws East, fifth, and Pollokshaws West in 10th.

The investigation has also highlighted a massive gap in poverty rates. The lowest child poverty areas were Murrayfield in ­Edinburgh, and St Andrews, at one per cent each.

In Dean Village, ­Edinburgh, home to the First Minister’s ­official ­residence in Charlotte Square, only four per cent are below the poverty line.

The Sunday Mail worked with our in-house Reach PLC Data Unit to analyse figures from the Office for National ­Statistics, ­published for all areas of the UK.

It showed 175,009 kids in ­Scotland were below the ­breadline in March last year, up from 158,781 in March 2015 – or one in seven in Scotland.

Other poverty-hit areas were ­Dalmarnock, ­Scotstoun and ­Carnwadric in Glasgow, Ladywell in Motherwell and ­Aberdeen East.

Sixty-one per cent – 107,507 – of kids living in poverty last year in Scotland had at least one working parent. ­Scottish Labour spokesperson for social justice and ­security,

Pam Duncan-Glancy, said: “What a damning ­indictment of the SNP’s record on child poverty this is. After 15 years in government, child poverty is still rising – even in the FM’s own constituency.”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16095281 (172152ZAPR22) Notable: Nicola Sturgeon reported to Police Scotland for breaking own Covid face mask rules (video)

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nicola-sturgeon-reported-police-scotland-26730616

Nicola Sturgeon reported to Police Scotland for breaking own Covid face mask rules

The First Minister was caught on camera at an East Kilbride barber shop not wearing a face mask, while urging Scots to keep wearing them even after the legal requirement to do so is lifted

Nicola Sturgeon has been reported to Police Scotland for breaking her own Covid face mask rules while out campaigning ahead of the council elections.

The First Minister paid a visit to Iconic Gents Hair in East Kilbride on Saturday where she was videoed shaving a customer's beard.

However, another social media video has emerged which shows Ms Sturgeon mingling with punters and staff members while maskless indoors.

This goes against the current face covering laws in Scotland which says that people must wear face masks indoors at public settings, like hairdressers and shopping centres.

Although her official video she posted to her Twitter she was wearing one, another clip has surfaced which shows her breaking her own rules.

Twitter user Jane Lax, a former treasurer of the Moray Conservative Association, shared this on social media and revealed that she has reported the incident to Police Scotland.

She wrote: "I've had enough of this disdain and sheer arrogance of Nicola Sturgeon. Someone has to report her to Police Scotland and as the opposition parties aren't holding her to account, it will have to be little old me."

Ms Sturgeon was interviewed while on the campaign trail on Saturday where she urged Scots to carry on wearing face coverings despite the legal mandate coming to an end on Easter Monday.

She said she was "confident" that this would happen.

Other critics have pointed out that in the video she shared on Twitter, most of the customers in the barber shop were not wearing a face mask either and were congregating around the First Minister.

Alba Party general secretary Chris McEleny pointed this out on social media as he wrote: "Hi @nicolasturgeon is the legal requirement, set by you, to wear face masks in barbers, hairdressers, beauty therapists, tattoo shops etc exempt if you’re there to make sure everyone is safe from coronavirus?"

He added: "As we’re pretending Covid has gone away, we can just ignore that it’s a requirement by law to wear a mask in hair salons, beauty & nail parlours, tattoo studios & any other indoor close contact service setting. We can assume the FM knows all these people are breaking the law then."

Scotland is the only country in the UK still to have a mask mandate despite rising Covid cases, with the rules being extended for a month, ending on Easter Monday.

The official Scottish Government guidance states: "By law, everyone age 12 and over must wear a face covering in most indoor public places in Scotland."

Scottish Conservative Shadow Health Secretary Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP said: “The video clearly shows Nicola Sturgeon isn’t practicing what she preaches on facemasks.

“She’s happy virtue signalling for official photos but behind closed doors it’s clear she doesn’t believe in her own rules so why should anyone else.

“This is blatant hypocrisy from the First Minister who has now shown her true colours.

“The public, who have been under these legal Covid restrictions for over two years, deserve an apology for this rule break.”

The Scottish Express has been the only major news outlet to report on repeated breaches of the mask rules by Ms Sturgeon and other senior Nationalist ministers.

In February, we revealed photos taken at a Sturgeon family birthday party in November where the First Minister and were fellow guests were without masks.

In March, the SNP leader was pictured without a face covering yet again while posing for photos with visitors at the Scottish Parliament... just days before she extended the mask rules.

We also told how Health Secretary Humza Yousaf posed without a mask in a school classroom despite Scotland's older pupils enduring face coverings during lessons for most of the pandemic.

Police Scotland confirmed the incident at the barbers had been reported to them, with a spokeswoman saying: "We can confirm that we have received a complaint which is currently being assessed.”

A SNP spokesman said: "The First Minister was invited into the barbers during an outdoor visit on the street. Within a few seconds, she realised she hadn't put her mask back on and immediately put it on."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16095380 (172208ZAPR22) Notable: DRUG SCANDAL Epilepsy drug that left 20,000 babies disabled in UK is STILL being prescribed to pregnant mums despite warnings

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DRUG SCANDAL Epilepsy drug that left 20,000 babies disabled in UK is STILL being prescribed to pregnant mums despite warnings

Britta Zeltmann

0:21, 17 Apr 2022

AN epilepsy drug which left thousands of babies disabled in the UK is STILL being prescribed to pregnant mums, an investigation has found.

Sodium valproate has caused autism, learning difficulties and physical deformities in up to 20,000 babies in Britain.

The drug, which carries significant risks to unborn children, was given to women with epilepsy for four decades without proper warnings.

It has left families up and down the UK suffering the consequences, with some saying they still receive no information leaflets with their medication.

But despite a 2020 criticising the failure to inform women about the dangers, doctors are still not properly warning women of the risks, The Sunday Times reports.

According to the latest data, published in March, sodium valproate was prescribed to 247 pregnant women between April 2018 and September 2021.

It means around six babies are being born in the UK every month having been exposed to the drug.

An investigation by The Sunday Times found the medication is still being dished out to women in plain packets with the information leaflets missing, or with stickers over the warnings.

The government is also refusing to compensate those affected, despite an independent review by Baroness Cumberlege concluding in 2020 that families should be given financial help.

Catherine McNamara said her son Sebastian was born with malformed hands and other disabilities after she was prescribed the drug during her pregnancy in 2011.

She told The Times she had asked about the safety of the drug because her two older children had learning difficulties and autism.

Ms McNamara explained: “I went to the GP and said, ‘I’ve two children with quite severe learning difficulties and autism, is there any chance it could be to do with my tablets?

"The GP said no, just keep taking the tablets, everything will be fine. My consultant said the same.”

All three of her children have since been confirmed as valproate victims.

The Times also found sodium valproate is still being sent out by pharmacists without legally required patient information leaflets.

Patricia Alexander, whose two children Amélie, 12, and Joseph, 21, were both affected by sodium valproate after she was told it was safe to take while pregnant, still receives the drug in packets with no safety leaflets.

I went to the GP and said, ‘I’ve two children with quite severe learning difficulties and autism, is there any chance it could be to do with my tablets?

The GP said no, just keep taking the tablets, everything will be fine.

Catherine McNamaraVictim

“There is nothing in the box but 22 tablets,” she said. “The fact I am getting the boxes like this means others are as well.”

Medical regulators in the UK were first warned of the possible dangers of the drug in 1973, but provided no patient warnings and did not commission any longer term studies into the risks.

The Department of Health and Social Care has acknowledged the matter of the drugs still being handed out in plain packaging without the appropriate warnings.

It also launched a consultation in November to recommend sodium valproate is always dispensed in the original manufacturer’s packaging “to support increased patient safety” — but the government has not yet responded.

An NHS England spokesman said it had set up an expert group to help halve the use of sodium valproate by women who can get pregnant, and warned thousands of women and girls as young as 12 of the risks.

Dr Alison Cave, chief safety officer for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) also said all women on the drug were now required to sign annual risk-acknowledgement forms together with their healthcare professional “as their circumstances regarding the risk of pregnancy may change”.

But the medicines regulator has admitted warnings are still not getting through.

The Department of Health and Social Care said: “Patient safety is a priority and we take all reports and inquiries on this matter extremely seriously.

“As set out in our response, we have accepted the majority of the recommendations in Baroness Cumberlege’s report.

"We want to improve the future safety of medicines and medical devices – ensuring they are used in line with the latest evidence of best practice — and there are wider forms of redress available for those who need it.”

Sodium valproate is still a safe and effective drug for epilepsy sufferers.

These patients should not stop taking it without discussing with their doctor first.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16184864 (302219ZAPR22) Notable: Care home Covid ruling could prompt Scottish legal cases

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Care home Covid ruling could prompt Scottish legal cases

Families who lost loved ones to Covid-19 in Scottish care homes are considering legal action following a ruling in England.

UK government policies on discharging untested patients from hospital at the start of the Covid pandemic were ruled unlawful at the High Court in London.

The case applied to England but could "open floodgates" of cases in Scotland, one bereaved relative warned.

The Scottish government said it would "examine the findings in detail".

A spokesman said ministers took decisions based on the best scientific and clinical evidence they had to keep people in care homes "as safe as possible".

In the early days of the pandemic more than half of the elderly hospital patients discharged to nearly 200 Scottish care homes had not been tested for Covid.

Last year First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accepted that the practice had cost lives, and said: "We got some things wrong and I feel the responsibility of that every single day."

Lawyer Aamer Anwar, who is acting for families bereaved by Covid, said they would look into what legal action could be taken as a result of the ruling in England.

He said there were 3,774 Covid-19 deaths in Scotland's care homes up to the end of March 2021, which "operated as petri dish for the spread of the Covid-19 virus".

"Care homes repeatedly breached the human rights of their elderly residents as infected patients were transferred from hospitals without any thought for the risk of infection rapidly spreading to other residents," he said.

The lawyer also raised concerns that the Scottish public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, led by Lady Poole, could "attempt to avoid scrutiny" of care homes.

"We will be considering in Scotland what further legal action can be taken against those responsible for the preventable deaths that took place in care homes," he added.

"We will be raising these issues with Lady Poole, the Scottish government, but also with the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC to ask her to advise the families we represent why her inquiry into deaths in care homes is taking so long, and whether charges of corporate homicide will now follow."

Dr Cath Gardner and Fay Harris took Public Health England and the health secretary, then Matt Hancock, to court after they both lost their fathers early in the pandemic.

They said there had been failures in protecting care home residents like their fathers and brought the legal challenge.

In their judgement, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Garnham found the decisions of the then health secretary to make and maintain a series of policies contained in documents issued on 17 and 19 March and 2 April 2020 were unlawful.

They ruled this was because the drafters of those documents failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non-symptomatic transmission which had been highlighted by Sir Patrick Vallance in a radio interview as early as 13 March.

Jo Barrie's mother Nancy Lovering was discharged from Perth Royal Infirmary, where she had been treated for a chest infection, to Ancaster House Care Home in Crieff in mid-March 2020. She was not tested for coronavirus.

The 88-year-old completed a 14-day quarantine period but then, four days after being allowed into the residence's public areas, her family was informed of an outbreak in the home.

Mrs Lovering became ill and died in hospital.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16190535 (012108ZMAY22) Notable: Sturgeon faces court – SNP could be dragged before judge after landmark ruling

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1602304/Nicola-Sturgeon-news-Covid-SNP-court-case-care-home-scandal-Scotland-latest

Sturgeon faces court – SNP could be dragged before judge after landmark ruling

NICOLA STURGEON'S SNP faces being dragged into court after the High Court ruled the UK Government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes at the start of the coronavirus pandemic were "unlawful".

By Rebecca Perring

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

Grieving families of Scottish victims are said to considering taking legal action against the Scottish Government after the landmark ruling in London. The SNP and health officials were accused of making "exactly the same catastrophic mistakes that led to the loss of life" in a damning statement by a lawyer representing victim's families.

Speaking for campaign group Scottish Bereaved Families for Justice, solicitor Aamer Anwar warned: "We will be considering in Scotland what further legal action can be taken against those responsible for the preventable deaths that took place in care homes.”

He accused SNP ministers of “an attempt to avoid scrutiny of this issue and thus avoid responsibility”, revealing that "very little" has happened with a public inquiry in Scotland.

It comes after Ms Sturgeon admitted mistakes were made in the way 3,000 elderly people were discharged from hospital to care homes in the first three months of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ms Sturgeon admitted with "hindsight" she agreed with Health Secretary Jeane Freeman's view that this was a mistake.

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, patients were rapidly discharged into care homes without testing, despite the risk of asymptomatic transmission, with UK Government documents showing there was no requirement for this until mid-April.

Ms Freeman had previously said: "We didn't take the right precautions to make sure that older people leaving hospital going into care homes were as safe as they could be and that was a mistake."

And in an interview with BBC Scotland, Ms Sturgeon was asked if she agreed, saying: "Looking back on that now, with the knowledge we have now and with the benefit of hindsight, yes."

In a statement, Mr Anwar said: “In January 2022 our legal team and the bereaved relatives met with Lady Poole who asked to hear their stories. At the meeting, they felt rushed and felt a lack of empathy. A number of relatives were lost to Covid19 acquired from hospitals as well as care homes.

“The relatives left the meeting feeling disappointed that the Scottish Inquiry might not investigate these deaths as Crown Office and the UK Inquiry will be.

"In over three months the families feel that very little has happened in Scotland and this is deeply disappointing, whilst it appears that the UK inquiry is moving apace.

“This is not what the relatives campaigned for, nor was it what they were promised by the Scottish Government and Deputy First Minister John Swinney.

“There now appears to be an attempt to avoid scrutiny of this issue and thus avoid responsibility, following today’s High Court decision, that cannot be allowed to happen in Scotland.

“We will be considering in Scotland what further legal action can be taken against those responsible for the preventable deaths that took place in care homes.

“We will be raising these issues with Lady Poole, the Scottish Government but also with the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC, to ask her to advise the families we represent why her inquiry into deaths in care homes is taking so long, and whether charges of corporate homicide will now follow.”

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16235811 (081759ZMAY22) Notable: 'Dangerous & ignorant' SNP MSP slammed after saying some hospital clinics ‘push abortion’

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'dangerous & ignorant' SNP MSP slammed after saying some hospital clinics ‘push abortion’

Craig Paton

11:48, 8 May 2022

An SNP MSP has drawn criticism for saying clinics "push abortion without laying out the pros and cons".

John Mason, who represents Glasgow Shettleston, has been criticised in recent weeks for his defence of anti-abortion "vigils" that have sprung up at Glasgow hospitals.

In an email to campaign group Back Off Scotland, which seeks to implement buffer zones around abortion providers to push such vigils further away from patients, Mr Mason said he had attended one of the events to speak to the people there, and went on to say he believed abortion was "seldom essential or vital".

At some of the vigils, activists can be seen holding signs saying "women do regret abortion", among other slogans.

On Saturday, Mr Mason, while engaging on Twitter around the subject, said: "Surely these signs are very gentle and offering help?

"I do not see anything hateful or harassing about these signs."

When asked if he believed the women seeking an abortion should be asked how they feel, he added: "Yes absolutely.

"That is the key.

"But the concern is that the clinics are not always asking the women how they feel.

"Some clinics seem to be pushing abortion without laying out the pros and cons."

The issue has come to the fore in recent months, resulting in Scottish Greens MSP Gillian Mackay seeking to legislate at Holyrood for buffer zones, as well as Nicola Sturgeon and women's health minister Maree Todd being urged to act.

The First Minister has repeatedly condemned the vigils, urging protesters instead to come to parliament to voice their opposition to abortion, and has set up a working group to assess the legal viability of buffer zones.

Lucy Grieve, the co-founder and director of Back Off Scotland, said: "John Mason's false claims are incredibly dangerous and ignorant.

"This is the same elected official that admitted attending anti-choice protests at Scottish hospitals.

"He clearly has no idea what goes on during an abortion, and his comments are offensive to abortion providers and their patients."

Scottish Labour Deputy leader Jackie Baillie went on to describe the comments from Mr Mason as "baseless".

"This is an insult to all the women who've had to make this difficult decision and all the hardworking NHS staff who've supported them through it," she said.

"Women have a right to access abortion, and they should be able to do so without harassment and intimidation.

"Nicola Sturgeon has given plenty of warm words on this but no action, it is time for her to show the leadership needed and introduce buffer zones, as well as stopping her MSPs spreading damaging falsehoods."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16274818 (142053ZMAY22) Notable: Nicola Sturgeon to promote Scotland's global aims in US ahead of Indyref2

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>As Nicola Sturgeon is off on a taxpayer-funded USA trip, we thought we'd bring all the failures she's leaving at home into a 9 minute marathon.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20124313.nicola-sturgeon-promote-scotlands-global-aims-us-ahead-indyref2/?ref=twtrec

Nicola Sturgeon to promote Scotland's global aims in US ahead of Indyref2

By Tom Gordon

Scottish Political Editor

NICOLA Sturgeon is to visit the United States next week as she promotes her Government's thinking on international affairs ahead of her planned independence referendum.

The First Minister will meet business leaders and politicians to underline “Scotland’s key interests in global issues”.

Critics accused her of using public money to "grandstand about separation" and neglecting domestic problems to "take the SNP’s obsession on tour”.

The Scottish Government today published a Global Affairs Framework setting out the “values, principles and priorities” behind its work “to become more active internationally”.

It says Scotland will focus on “global citizenship, maintaining close relations with the EU, gender equality, and respect for human rights”.

The Framework also covers Ms Sturgeon's plans for independence.

It says: “The principles of this Global Affairs Framework will apply regardless of Scotland’s constitutional position but clearly the contribution that Scotland could make, and the benefits it could receive, would be significantly enhanced with the powers of independence rather than devolution.

“The Scottish Government’s prospectus for enhanced international relations as an independent state will be published in the run-up to the independence referendum.”

It also states an independent Scotland would return to the EU, but does not say if this would be done through a second EU referendum.

It says: “We believe that rejoining the EU at the earliest opportunity as an independent country represents the best future for Scotland.

"In the meantime, we will maintain alignment where possible and practical with EU legislation, standards, policies and programmes.”

The Framework also attacks “the UK Government’s disastrous and chaotic Brexit”, and reflects on the impacts of Covid, the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine.

It does not mention the SNP's desire to remove nuclear weapons from Scotland after independence, potentially disarming one of the three Nato nuclear powers.

Ms Sturgeon has said she wants to hold Indyref2 next year, but Boris Johnson has refused to give Holyrood the power to do so.

The First Minister has said she will put a Referendum Bill through Holyrood regardless, but it is almost certain to be challenged at the UK Supreme Court and probably overturned.

The Scottish Government said Ms Sturgeon would take part in “a range of engagements focused on the interlinked issues of climate, energy security and the war in Ukraine” in America, “including a keynote speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC”.

She will also meet US Congressional groups and “discuss ways to create a greener, fairer and more equitable economy with executives of companies operating across the Atlantic”.

She said: “The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate and biodiversity emergencies prove in the starkest possible way that we live in an interconnected world and it is more important than ever that Scotland plays its part. The crisis in Ukraine underlines how interconnected these challenges are, and all countries have a role to play in meeting them.

“We are determined that Scotland continues to be a good global citizen, making a constructive contribution to addressing global challenges such as climate change.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16291391 (171437ZMAY22) Notable: Investigation launched after woman claims police were involved in child abuse in Glasgow

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Investigation launched after woman claims police were involved in child abuse in Glasgow

Sky News investigated organised sexual abuse in the city and spoke to one young woman who claimed she had recognised an officer who sexually abused her as a child because he was the same man who sometimes picked her up and took her home after she went missing.

Jason Farrell

Home editor. Monday 16 May 2022

Police in Scotland say they are investigating allegations that two of their own officers were involved in a child abuse ring in Glasgow in 2014.

It comes after Sky News investigated organised sexual abuse in the city and spoke to one young woman who claimed she had recognised an officer who sexually abused her as a child because he was the same man who sometimes picked her up and took her home after she went missing.

Data examined by Sky News also show a huge gulf between the number of children referred for help as victims of modern slavery, compared to the number of attempted prosecutions for the crime.

Toni Louise, now 22, has waived her anonymity to tell her story.

She says she was groomed and sold for sex by a man she thought was her boyfriend.

The first time he told her to have sex with another man she was 12 years old.

She said: "One day he was like 'I need you to do something for me. And well you don't really have a choice in it'."

"I was kind of like, 'I don't really want to do this'. And he was like, 'It's too late now. I've already told him that you're gonna do it'. And that was the first time that I was sold for money."

Toni Louise said she started to go truant from school.

"At first it was only like once or twice a week that I would have to leave school. And then it got to like every day. It got to the point where I wasn't even making it up to school. He was picking me up at the end of my mum's street."

Sold to up to '30 men a day'

She says she was sold to up to 30 men a day, to people of all nationalities and from all walks of life including, she claims, two police officers.

Challenged on how she knew they were police officers, she replied: "Because some of them were the ones that took me home, when I've been reported missing. So, I've seen them in their uniform."

She says one officer who abused her several times over a six-month period even had a conversation with her mother in the kitchen after dropping her back home.

According to her account, the fact that he was one of her abusers was never mentioned during the car journeys.

She said: "I think work mode is different to 'I'm going to rape a child' mode like it was never acknowledged."

Toni Louise eventually escaped her situation, but says when she first reported it to the police she was told: "You've got an active imagination for a wee girl haven't you?"

Initially, she did not report the allegations referring to the police officers for fear it would not be believed.

But numerous alleged crimes against her have been logged by Glasgow police including 29 rapes. There was an investigation but, despite one person being charged, it did not reach court.

'She was very thin, very small'

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16306696 (192339ZMAY22) Notable: MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend

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MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend

By Daniel De Simone & Sira Thierij

An MI5 spy used his status to terrorise his partner before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while under investigation, the BBC has found.

A video shows the man threatening to kill the woman and attacking her with a machete.

The foreign national cannot be named, despite evidence he is a threat to women, after the government took the BBC to court to block publication.

Evidence shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past.

In an unprecedented legal battle, the corporation argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm.

But the BBC successfully resisted the government's attempt to stop publication of the wide-ranging investigation.

Short presentational grey line

Beth, a British national, met the agent on a dating site. The couple went on to live together in the UK.

At first, she says, he was "charming". They appeared to have a lot in common.

But over time, he was revealed to be a misogynist and extremist, obsessed with violence and cruelty. Beth - not her real name - says he sexually assaulted her, and was also abusive and coercive.

She says he used his position with the British security services to terrorise her.

"He had complete control. I was a shadow of who I am now," she says.

As the relationship became more abusive, Beth's mental health deteriorated.

"At the end of the relationship he dictated my every waking hour - where I went, who I saw, how I worked, what I did at work, what I wore."

X made her "feel absolutely worthless" and used "the fact that I had mental health problems to bully me and to make me feel more vulnerable".

He collected weapons and made her watch terrorist videos of executions and murders, she says.

"There was so much psychological terror from him to me, that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown, because I was so afraid of everything - because of how he'd made me think, the people that he was involved with, and the people who he worked for."

She says X told her that he worked as a paid informant for the British security services - an agent or covert human intelligence source (CHIS), to use the formal term - infiltrating extremist networks. She was aware that he was having meetings with his handlers, receiving money, and being given equipment.

Initially, she said, he kept his real name hidden from her. Our investigation has established that X spent years working as a CHIS for MI5, using several aliases.

The security service runs agents in terrorist networks, informants who secretly work with their handlers, MI5 officers. Controversial powers authorise its agents to commit crimes as part of their cover, but only to access life-saving intelligence, disrupt more serious crime, or ensure an agent's safety.

But this should not cover actions in their private lives.

She says he told her she wouldn't be able to report his behaviour because of his status.

"It meant that I couldn't speak out about any of his behaviour towards me, any of the violence I went through, sexual or physical, because he had men in high places who always had his back, who would intervene and who would actively kill me, if I spoke out."

X was paid to inform on networks of right-wing extremists, but evidence we've seen shows his own alarming views are genuine.

Beth says X praised various white supremacist mass murderers and stated his intent to commit similar acts.

At home, his violence was directed towards Beth. In one video, the MI5 agent is seen attacking her with a machete.

The incident was filmed by Beth on her mobile phone. In the lead-up to the attack, she is heard voicing concern about being killed and saying his treatment of her was unacceptable.

X states he will kill her, leaves the room, and returns holding a machete - which he then raises above her head.

When she is heard telling him the film could be handed to police, X launches an attack with the weapon and his fists. The video cuts out amid her screams.

She manages to fight him off, but he tried to attack her again hours later with a knife, attempting to cut her throat. She says she bit his hand in order to stop him.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16329209 (232247ZMAY22) Notable: Fettes in talks on payout for abuse suffered by pupils

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Fettes in talks on payout for abuse suffered by pupils

Marcello Mega

Monday May 23 2022

Fettes College, Edinburgh, is poised to pay a seven-figure sum in compensation for the sexual and physical abuse suffered by some former pupils.

The leading private school — which counts Sir Tony Blair, the former prime minister, and the actress Tilda Swinton among its alumni — made a public apology to victims at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and is negotiating the size of awards for assaults described as “shocking and truly life-changing”.

Apologies, have no subscription to the Times.....if anyone is able to post the whole story I'd be very appreciative, have not read the whole story myself.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16344305 (261308ZMAY22) Notable: Scottish teenagers are being quizzed on their sexuality and gender identity when they apply for a free bus pass in latest 'intrusive' SNP scheme

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Thanks, I probably don't remember often to say this baker. Very much appreciated nonetheless.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10434835/SNP-quizzes-teens-sexuality-gender-identity-applying-bus-pass.html

Scottish teenagers are being quizzed on their sexuality and gender identity when they apply for a free bus pass in latest 'intrusive' SNP scheme

By Graham Grant, Home Affairs Editor For The Scottish Daily Mail

24 January 2022

Youngsters aged over 16 are being asked if they are gay, straight or bisexual

They are also quizzed about their gender as part of the detailed questionnaire

SNP accused of being 'obsessed' with grilling children over sexual preferences

Teenagers are being questioned about their sexuality when they apply for free bus passes in the latest 'intrusive' SNP scheme.

Youngsters aged over 16 are being asked if they are gay, straight or bisexual in a survey – with the chance of winning up to £250 of shopping vouchers.

They are also quizzed about their gender, with an option to state that they are 'non-binary' as part of a detailed questionnaire.

The £132million scheme offers free travel to all people in Scotland aged 22 or under in a bid to encourage them to use public transport.

The disclosure comes amid a row over a schools survey that asked S4 to S6 pupils about their sexual experiences in a 'census' of their health and wellbeing.

The Transport Scotland survey has sparked a backlash from parents and campaigners.

Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute, which has almost 10,000 members in Scotland, said: 'The Scottish Government seems obsessed with asking intrusive questions and collecting sensitive personal information.

'Rather than hoovering up sensitive personal data and appealing to some special interest groups while ignoring others, surely they should just focus on ensuring everybody gets better public services?'

SNP ministers hope the scheme will prevent youngsters from having to turn down potential job opportunities or college places because of where they live.

Youngsters who complete the 'short travel survey' have 'a chance to win' up to £250 in shopping vouchers. The sexuality question asks: 'Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?' Answers include: straight/heterosexual, gay or lesbian, bisexual, other (please specify), or prefer not to say'.

On gender, recipients are asked: 'What gender are you?' The possible answers are: male, female, trans, non-binary, other, or 'prefer not to say'.

The survey has been sent out by local authorities to people who applied for the bus pass. A link to it has also been widely distributed online, including on the website of youth organisation Young Scot.

In some cases, the email has been sent to parents who applied on behalf of their children.

A parent in Argyll and Bute, who forwarded the email to the Mail, said: 'Why on earth are they interested in such intimate details – it's just a bus pass. It is very sinister.'

The email says: 'We would be grateful if parents/guardians of younger children (ie those aged five-15), or young people aged 12-21 themselves, could complete this short travel survey.'

Wellside Research and consultancy Stantec have been commissioned to conduct the survey.

The email states that 'all data will be treated confidentially and anonymously'.

It adds: 'To allow for changes to be identified, Transport Scotland may also share anonymised data with other research partners in the future.'

The row comes as schoolchildren are quizzed about their sexual habits under a separate scheme One of the school survey questions – aimed at pupils in S4 and S6 – asks: 'People have varying degrees of sexual experience. How much, if any, sexual experience have you had?'

Commenting on the bus pass survey, Dr Stuart Waiton, a sociology lecturer at Abertay University in Dundee, said there was currently 'a strange, almost fetish-like concern' with LGBT issues within government.

A Catholic Church spokesman said: 'It is surely time for the Government and its agencies to stop obsessing over young people's sexuality.'

A Transport Scotland spokesman said: 'The question on sexual orientation applies only to young people aged 16 and over and there is an option not to answer.

'We want to understand if there are any barriers for young people from protected characteristics accessing public transport.

'Our initial research identified LGBTQ+ young people might be less inclined to use the bus for fear of homophobic and transphobic harassment.'

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/16352218 (272026ZMAY22) Notable: The Balmoral Hotel Incident is the kind of bizarre rumour that Nicola Sturgeon could quash by being more open (mp4)

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The Balmoral Hotel Incident is the kind of bizarre rumour that Nicola Sturgeon could quash by being more open

Hundreds of people on social media are openly discussing an outlandish conspiracy theory about the First Minister. But is the SNP's culture of secrecy creating an environment for such rumours to flourish?

ByBen BorlandEditor

I was idly scrolling through Twitter at the weekend when I saw a hashtag called the "Balmoral Hotel Incident" was trending.

Intrigued, I began to investigate further - was this something our weekend news reporters needed to know about, perhaps a hostage-taking or police stand-off in Edinburgh's most famous hotel?

No, as it turned out it was in relation to a bizarre, outlandish and entirely unfounded rumour about Nicola Sturgeon and her private life.

It was also, I must admit, one I had never heard before - but it seems as though lots of people out there in cyberspace on both sides of the independence debate are well aware of the claims.

Mhairi Hunter, the erstwhile SNP councillor in Glasgow and Ms Sturgeon's campaign organiser in Glasgow Southside, was among those discussing the hashtag.

She tweeted on Sunday morning: "This Balmoral Hotel stuff is proper Q Anon level hysteria. It is never going to be in the papers, guys, because every single part of it is made up."

This was followed by a flurry of replies, including her view that "people should know it's just a lot of nonsense from weird fantasists".

She also said the rumour had "grown arms and legs", adding: "I would love for someone to trace it back to its origin & see how it developed. It would be an interesting study of social media mythmaking."

This was not the first scurrilous rumour about the First Minister that I've seen on social media, however.

And it is not just online; I have often had conversations with people entirely unconnected to politics or journalism where they have asked me why X, Y or Z story has never appeared in the newspapers.

Ms Sturgeon herself is clearly well aware of the scuttlebutt.

She told the Sunday Times in February 2020: "This sort of exotic double life that I'm supposedly leading is a damn sight more interesting than the actual life I’m leading.

"It does not have a scintilla of truth or basis in reality. It is just so completely off the wall."

But why are these rumours appearing in the first place?

Well, perhaps it would help matters if the First Minister was less restrictive about granting access for the Scottish press.

The recent SNP local election campaign launch in Govanhill where journalists were told not to attend was a case in point.

I can't remember the last interview Ms Sturgeon granted to a news outlet north of the Border that wasn't entirely friendly to her political views.

Yes, she often appears on TV but the broadcasters in Scotland are very sympathetic... and those in London often have their own agenda which is more focused on Westminster.

And she was a daily fixture on our screens during the pandemic, although the subject matter strictly related to Covid-19 and even hostile questions burnished her image as a national leader during a time of crisis.

Ms Hunter describes the rumours as "Q Anon level hysteria" although it must be said the content is far more mundane than the gibberish spouted by Q and his/her followers.

Still, many in the USA believe the false information that flourished online during the Donald Trump presidency was fuelled by a lack of trust in the White House.

There is clearly a parallel with the SNP's Scotland here, at a time when vital documents about a national scandal can go missing and then reappear as if by magic.

The culture of secrecy fostered by Ms Sturgeon and her ministers is unprecedented in the devolved era, with even the Auditor General struggling to get hold of accurate information.

The First Minister and her team even managed to misconstrue - whether deliberately or not - the content of her talks with the US deputy secretary of state recently.

Many people simply do not trust the SNP administration to tell the truth and it is in this febrile atmosphere that conspiracy theories can take hold.

Writing in the New York Times, Shira Ovide said: "Nature abhors a vacuum, and the internet turns a vacuum into conspiracies. All of us have a role to play in not contributing to misinformation, but experts and people in positions of power shoulder even more responsibility for not creating the conditions for bogus information to go wild."

And it is the trust vacuum at the heart of Holyrood politics that is at least partly to blame for these crazy theories that appear online.

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Scottish child abuse 'jumping through hoops' to receive compensation

Survivors of institutional child abuse are being forced to "jump through hoops" to receive government compensation, according to a campaigner.

Chris Daly, who spent time in a children's home run by the Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order, said the scheme was overly bureaucratic with little support offered to claimants.

He said a shortage of case workers was also leading to pursuers facing long delays.

Applications for the Scottish Government's Redress Scheme opened in December.

Those eligible can apply to request an apology and payments ranging from £10,000 up to £100,000.

A number of institutions are contributing financially to the scheme including; Barnardo's, The Sisters of Nazareth and NHS Scotland boards.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said earlier this year that the government had not anticipated the volume of applications it had received and was recruiting additional case workers.

Mr Daly, who is assisting five survivors with claims as well as pursuing his own, said the government should have been better prepared given that a pilot scheme was launched in 2019.

He said: "An advance payment scheme was set up for elderly people and those who are terminally ill and rightly so.

"That was seen as a pilot, it opened in April 2019 and closed the day the proper scheme opened.

"You would think that any issues would have been ironed out.

"It's very complex.

"If you are looking for a higher amount [than £10,000], you really are having to jump through hoops.

"Applicants must obtain proof that they were resident in an institution, which involves a subject access request to the organisation or local authority or health board asking them to release personal records.

"Many people don't know what that is and are struggling to navigate the system."

He said none of the five applications he was assisting on had been assigned a case worker months after submitting all the relevant documents.

"The timescale was supposed to be something like eight weeks," said Mr Daly, 58, who set up In Care Abuse Survivors and lives in Bridge of Allan.

"The cases can't progress to the decision makers until a case worker has been allocated. "

"The communication with applicants has been really poor."

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Top Scots lawyer accused of sexually abusing woman when she was a child

ByConnor Gordon

24 JUN 2022

The now 50-year-old victim said advocate John Watt groped her in bed during a lawyers’ party at a property in Edinburgh.

A woman has told a trial she was sexually abused by a top lawyer as a child.

The 50-year-old said advocate John Watt groped her in bed during a lawyers’ party at a property in ­ Edinburgh city centre.

She told the jury that at one social gathering she had been asleep in bed before being woken by Watt at the bedroom door.

Prosecutor Katy Harper asked what happened and the witness replied: “I think he said something about being cold or tired … and got into bed, my bed.

“As I was lying there he put his hand down my pyjama bottoms, I was facing away from the door.”

The woman said she told her parents and did not see Watt, from Glasgow, again.

He denies using lewd, ­indecent and libidinous practices on the witness between 1978 and 1983.

Watt is accused of raping another girl aged seven to 11 between 1973 and 1978 at an address in the west end of the city.

Watt has lodged a special defence incriminating deceased solicitor Richard Watt.

John Watt is also accused of indecent practices with a 12-year-old boy between 1973 and 1987 in Leith, and indecent assault between 1978 and 1983 on a girl aged nine to 14 in ­ Edinburgh.

The trial at the High Court in Glasgow continues.

The woman told the court in evidence that she was aware of Watt being a member of the Faculty of Advocates.

She stated that he attended social gatherings at the property in Edinburgh city centre with other guests such as advocate Lawrence Nisbet and deceased lawyer Bill Fotheringham.

The woman claimed at one social gathering she went to bed and was asleep before being woke up by Watt at the bedroom door.

She said: “He appeared to be taking his shoes off as if he was going to get undressed or something.”

Prosecutor Katy Harper asked what happened and the witness replied: “I think he said something about being cold or tired...and got into bed, my bed.

“As I was lying there he put his hand down my pyjama bottoms, I was facing away from the door.”

It was then the woman told the jury that Watt touched her inappropriately with his hand.

The woman stated that Watt then left the room.

Miss Harper asked what was going through her mind.

The woman said: “I knew it wasn’t right but I have a lawyer...in bed, you think something is happening which is not right.”

The woman claimed that she later informed her parents and that she did not see Watt again in person after the alleged incident.

Donald Findlay QC, defending, quizzed the witness about the time of the incident in which she claimed that there was light in the room.

Mr Findlay said: “If John came to your room at that time in the morning, he would have had a lot to drink?”

The witness replied: “Possibly.”

The trial stated at the High Court in Glasgow continues.