The Laird Report - Episode 5 The Russians have a legitimate grievance

Vladimir Putin's Address on NATO, Ukraine, and Recognition of Donetsk and Lugansk with English Subtitles

The Laird Report Episode 4 The Myth of the Final Scottish Referendum

The Laird Report Episode 3 - The moral decline of Scotland isn't solely just about the demise of the political class, my views on why there is no place for ex SNP Minister Derek Mackay not just in Scottish political life but also in Scottish public life at any level, not because of his sexuality but because of his character

The Moral Decline of Scotland Pace Quickens; Disgraced former SNP minister Derek Mackay sets up own consultancy firm after two years away from the public eye, allegedly his firm will teach people “management consultancy activities”, who would be his client base after his fall from grace, former SNP MSP Andrew Wilson of Charlotte Street Partners, a strategic communications consultancy, based in Edinburgh and London says Mackay should be given a shot at redemption, begs the question why isn't he giving him a job?

It is Friday and as the week draws to a close, the final SNP story is that disgraced former SNP minister Derek Mackay sets up own consultancy firm. As I have previously mentioned the SNP is made up of four main groups, LGBT, Muslim, Sein Fein lite and the Rich. In fact, the overall control of the party is controlled by the embedded LGBT group. They are at every level of the party acting as gatekeepers for Nicola Sturgeon, it is a nasty vicious clique operating in Scottish politics. Earlier in the week, I blogged on ex SNP Health Sec Jeane Freeman, another member of the SNP LGBT clique who has now been given at job at Glasgow University at the age of 68 years old. The title which Freeman has been given is the equivalent of the same contrived nonsense that the SNP gave to Scottish Greens Minister Patrick Harvie. The one person who links all these people together, is Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader. It was Sturgeon who was keen to promote LGBT very publicly into her inner circle and Cabinet, not just to support her but also to promote her, and their agenda. 

On twitter and elsewhere, there has been continued speculation regarding the marriage of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell, as well as their sexuality. Personally I don't know or care if Sturgeon is allegedly a lesbian, or if her marriage is allegedly fake, or why she surrounds herself with a LGBT clique. What people do know is that she is, fully signed up to the agenda to promote an LGBT lifestyle to children in schools, She is signed up to the Trans agenda. Sturgeon is signed up to that agenda to change the Gender Recognition Laws. This allows men to identify as women, and to allow them, access women's personal spaces such as toilets and female changing rooms. One thing that you would have noticed is that Nicola Sturgeon doesn't take a lead in promoting the LGBT agenda. Although she does attend Pride Marches as a PR media managed stunt to show that she is inclusive. What the SNP have done to limit bad PR on the issues of sexualisation of children and trans rights is remove her from the frame and insert John Swinney to run with the ball. John Swinney is the Education Minister, he is also what I term an "enlightened heterosexual", he is the point man for Nicola Sturgeon. You might ask why him, well you might assume this is because he is married to a woman, and has a kid, Sturgeon although married has no kids. Even mainstream media highlights the existence of the LGBT clique in the SNP. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3077590/Fasten-seat-belts-comes-Ayr-Force-One-Nicola-Sturgeon-spends-time-flying-London-RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-imagines-like-board-private-jet.html 

Given the fight over the Gender Recognition Act, you can see why Nicola Sturgeon and her clique put LGBT Green MSP Patrick Harvie into her Cabinet. This is because down the line the SNP will have majority support. Nicola Sturgeon and her advisors will spin erasing women as not an SNP LGBT agenda but as the 'will of parliament'. I would imagine that come the vote for the Gender Recognition Act to be passed, Sturgeon will say this will be a "free vote" where MSPs vote with their conscious. It will be spun as a victory for civil liberties with Nicola Sturgeon surrounding herself with 'bought and paid' women's groups funded by the SNP government. Some members of the LGBT community are rightly appalled by what is going on, so much so they have setup an organisation LGB Alliance, because they recognise that the decades of progress made on LGBT rights will in the minds of the public be wiped out. If Sturgeon gets her way, a man born male can call himself a woman, simply  walk into a female changing room, strip naked in front of women and young girls, and display their penis. In normal times, if a man walked into a women's changing room and walked about naked, the police would arrest him and he would face a criminal trial. Under the SNP, the police instead of arresting him would protect him from angry women and label them as the 'victim'. What would you think if a guy who claimed to be a woman pulled his dick out in front of your 8 year old daughter? Would you be understanding? Would you be tempted to say anything? Would you just keep your mouth shut because of fear of getting a criminal conviction? Here is a snapshot of what is in store for women once Nicola Sturgeon and her LGBT group who control the levers of power change the law. This story is recent, some people might say this is a scare story, but it isn't, its truth. 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scot-flashed-penis-used-sex-26256211         

A person who some people describe as a Scotsman flashed their penis and used sex toy in public leaving onlookers shocked. The former soldier was previously placed on the sex offenders' register for assaulting an underage girl. There is another story which made the press in a spectacular fashion from the US. A young boy claim to be a woman rape a young girl at a school in a bathroom. What makes this even worse is that cops to arrested the father after he complained at school board meeting. Later on Police in Loudoun County revealed the same boy who allegedly raped the young 15 year old girl was arrested in October for a different alleged assault. Now, he is in juvenile detention, awaiting a court date on multiple charges. This is a taste of what Nicola Sturgeon's over inflated ego might bring to Scotland, and like most politicians whose policies result in harm, she won't have any time to speak to the press, her advisors will shield her as they already do. Over the years you will have noticed a decline in Nicola Sturgeon's meet the people events, what she tends to do now is limit the public's access to facing off directly against her. Did you notice the shift to stage managed events and interviews? At election time she still has to go do the 'show face' but in the past I know the SNP like to do so to targeted SNP supporters/ members to give the impression that the warm response to her is from the general public. The SNP have a database not just of members but also members of the public who are minded to support the SNP. However that database may prove worthless if there is no indyref 2 and indy voters drift to Alex Salmond's Alba Party. Alba's stand on women's rights is 180 degrees to the stance of the SNP, I would put this down to a lack of LGBT members. 

One person particularly close to Nicola Sturgeon was former LGBT SNP minister Derek Mackay. It was said that Mackay was tipped as Nicola Sturgeon's replacement once Sturgeon stepped down. However Mackay, the rising star flamed out when it was discovered that he pestered a young boy of 16 years old and the parliament turned on him. As the parliament had turned on Mark McDonald , another SNP Minister in Sturgeon's Cabinet over an alleged sex scandal, the convention had already been set. The extend of what some MSPs termed 'grooming' of a 16 year old boy sealed Mackay's fate. When the scandal broke in February 2020 on the eve of the Scottish Budget in Holyrood, Mackay disappeared from Holyrood never to be seen again but didn't resign his seat and kept collect his salary, including a payday for leaving as a Minister from allowances. The SNP kept quiet, much is in the same as the are keeping quiet about the allegations of sexual harassment against SNP MP Patrick Grady who had been accused of inappropriate behaviour towards two male researchers at the SNP’s Christmas party at the Phoenix Artist Club in London in December 2016. He has not been suspended as an MP or SNP member, on his wiki page, his personal life is more or less a blank. Although the SNP claim to take complaints of sexual harassment seriously, they are slow to act against allies of Nicola Sturgeon. Grady isn't listed on wiki as a "gay" MP, In the SNP it isn't unusual that LGBT members mask their true sexuality from the public. This is what happened with Derek Mackay, he was previously married with children. When Mackay betrayed his wife and kids, the SNP effectively painted her and the kids out of the picture very quickly. 

So, we have Derek Mackay who has popped up like a cork in the bath to setup a consultancy firm two years after he left politics in disgrace. The question is who would want to use his services when he such a documented history of poor professional and personal judgment. Who is willing to pay to use his new venture Lochan Associates Ltd and his alleged expertise to allow him to conduct “management consultancy activities"? Already we have seen people like Andrew Wilson, former SNP MSP who works with Charlotte Street Partners say that Derek Mackay should be given a shot at redemption. Just recently Nicola Sturgeon jumped into the pile on regarding a footballer called David Goodwillie, over his past, I assume this was more to do with her reaching out to women to repair her tarnished self image with women that she is some sort of 'protector' of them. Too many people, it seems redemption seems to be limited to people like Derek Mackay and Patrick Grady who are close to Nicola Sturgeon, everyone else, fuck them, shove them in the fire. I have been talking about the moral decline of Scotland, double standards and the general lack of ethics within Scotland's political class. Why should people rally round someone like Derek Mackay, his betrayal getting caught bombarded a 16-year-old schoolboy with messages, including calling him "cute" and inviting him to dinner wasn't his first rodeo. He betrayed his wife and kids, he hung out and socialised with criminals, he refused to attend parliament but took his salary and expenses, including an automatic grant of £11,945 for “loss of ministerial office”. 

One of the things I welcome is that the Scottish Conservatives are now consulting on a new law that would allow MSPs to be removed from office. The Removal from Office and Recall Bill would see MSPs automatically dismissed if they failed to take part in Holyrood proceedings for more than six months without a valid reason. I would like to see a recall mechanism so that the public can have a say in removing MSPs, I would also like to see the list system abolished entirely and every seat of the 129 seats in Holyrood made first past the post. 

Scottish Conservative MSP Russell Findlay said: 

“After shamelessly milking every last dime from Scottish taxpayers since his downfall, Derek Mackay's legacy is likely to be a new law being brought forward by the Scottish Conservatives that will allow rogue MSPs to be sacked. Perhaps the supposed one-time first minister in waiting hopes to exploit his SNP connections to continue gorging on public funds.

But all public bodies have a responsibility to adhere to the rules and not treat him any differently to others seeking to get a foot in the door.” 

Finally ex politicians' setting up consultancy firms isn't new, many former MPs and Ministers have previously done this, even ex Labour Council leader Steven Purcell. Purcell who like Mackay, LGBT and tipped as a "rising star" had a fall from grace in the Labour Party which was equally dramatic. In many ways, the SNP and Labour Party are a mirror image of each other which is why people like ex SNP Health Minister Jeane Freeman can have a seamlessly transition from one party to the other. Russell Findlay flags up his concerns that Derek Mackay after laying low for two years wants to make a comeback. After all Mackay can't have failed to notice that people like Patrick Grady who is close to Sturgeon is still allowed to operate with no restrictions. If there is a boundary change for the 2024 election which might happen by all accounts given that the Boundary Commission of Scotland has already redrawn new boundaries, Grady could just disappear as an MP. He no doubt would resurface rather quickly I suspect, perhaps in the SNP Government or an SNP funded NGO, who knows maybe he would be allowed to be a special advisor to an SNP Minister. The SNP seem to think that the public don't notice what is going on, they do, they don't however speak out which is perhaps the biggest failure of our democracy, bad people like Mackay, Grady, Freeman and Nicola Sturgeon are allowed to roam about living the high life when they should be booted out of public life an received a life time ban from ever being allowed near it.

The Greatest Fight to Restore Freedom; the world is witnessing a landmark historical event Covid Freedom Protest rank as highly as the great American civil rights protests of the 1960's; across the world politicians have used tyranny and oppression on their citizens, in Scotland, Public Health Scotland will conceal information from the public on deaths and vaccine injury caused by Covid injections by removing the data from their reports, when did PHS become a PR wing for the SNP Government, what is being hidden, is this to protect Nicola Sturgeon?

To start off this piece, we need to talk about censorship, censorship isn't new, and takes many forms, one form is cancel culture, where a person is what is termed de-platformed, this is when they are entirely banned from social media sites. Three of the most recognisable social media sites who censor people are Twitter, Youtube and of course, Facebook. These big tech companies aren't interested in protecting free speech nor are they interested in protecting the truth, they are part of what is now seen as 'corporate media'. Corporate media is a term where social media sites act not in the public interest but in the interest of the government. One thing, I like to do when writing is to reference evidence, I would much rather use the words of tyrants against them so that you can clear in your own mind, that there is no doubt about what is going on and the real agenda. To that end, I found an absolute gem of a video from The Rubin Report which contains a clip of the CEO of Youtube who wants to work hand in glove with governments to bring in censorship laws. And, yes, you did read that last sentence correctly, the CEO of Youtube wants governments to enact censorship of the population so that what you say can be stopped. It is acknowledged that with free speech comes responsibility, sadly some people abuse free speech, they put out disinformation, they lie, they lie by omission, or they put stuff out which is factually incorrect because they failed to do due diligence on their material or they made assumptions not supported by evidence. To accept the concept of free speech as a human right, you have to accept but not approve that it will be abused. There is a famous quote on free speech which you should never forget. 

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". 

I want you to watch this Rubin Report video, it is significant of were countries of the West are heading. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhgihvqFDmc 

Can you imagine what this means for society if censorship is brought in, human rights would be rolled back, dissent wouldn't be tolerated. People who speak out against tyranny are always targeted by the ruling political and their thugs. These people attack your character, they attack your livelihood by contacting your employer, and they seek to destroy your life and do it permanent damage. That type of thing is called 'Cancel culture' which is on the rise in Western countries, were  self righteous people believe they have the right to destroy you. Cancel culture is just a tool in the over arcing umbrella of fascism. Countries were fascism is developing stronger are Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, France and Australia. As I have mentioned above, supplying you with evidence is the best way to wake you up. Here is a clip of Justine Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada admiring China and its dictatorship, where the individual doesn't matter, but compliance to the State does. The mindset of Trudeau can be found in Nicola Sturgeon, Emmanuel Macron, Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern. What do these people have in common? They are all leaders of liberal or socialist parties, but they are all ill-liberal not by just what they say but in the actions they have taken towards their own people. Watch this second clip of the Rubin Report which shows a clip of Trudeau. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXtwDlWM7bA 

Are you awake yet, in understanding that your government in places like Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, France and Australia doesn't work for the benefit of citizens? There is a fight for Freedom taking place at the moment, it is the biggest fight in the history of mankind. What is that you say, you have seen nothing in the mainstream press? In countries through-out the world, 'Freedom protests' over covid restrictions are growing. You should be aware, these people involve hundreds of thousands of people who are standing up for their freedom and their country against tyrants who hold the levers of power. These protests are in history the equal of the America fight for civil rights which took place in the 1960's. Ordinary people who have been attack, bullied, who have seen their jobs, businesses and communities destroyed by government, and for what end? Who benefits, who is making money from closing down local corner stores which at the same time multi-national supermarkets remain open? Here is  clip of the French police attacking its citizens who are protesting for their freedom from covid passports and restrictions. If you thought you were living in a democracy, you want to question that belief rather strongly. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLm_NVKERo 

Part of the psyops campaign is to paint Covid protestors as a small group, and a group of conspiracy theorists in order to demonise them, and destroy any support that they would get from the public. While it is true, that there are conspiracy theorists in an element of the Covid protests, the bulk of these people are and always will be ordinary people. The man and woman next door who you pass in the street. Another tactic to discredit freedom protests by governments is to plant people in the protests to act like extremists. This is one so violence can occur, thus giving the police the green light with political support to use violence on the public. In the aftermath, the politicians will cite acting in the public interest. The use of undercover police acting in this manner isn't new, it has been exposed in court cases. When the police do step in to create violence, they do so armed with weapons. In the interests of fairness, not all violence at protests are started by the Police, there are people who join protests for different reasons, most criminals who seek to exploit the situation in the unfolding choas. There is an interesting clip of a man who was attacked at a protest and ha his leg broken. I was wanting to post this clip to show you the extent of how much violence the police are prepared to use on people, sadly, this clip is very difficult to find, if you use google, they can alter their search engine to hide material. 

On the subject of hiding material, I want to move on to something which is happening in Scotland under Nicola Sturgeon's SNP. A public body called Public Health Scotland will stop publishing data on Covid deaths and hospitalisations by vaccination status. The obvious question to this is why the truth should be concealed from the public? The fact that a body such as Public Health Scotland is doing this is censorship, it should also set alarms bells rings, truth by its very nature stands up by itself. The reason of concealment isn't in the public interest but is said to be that people who are Anti vaccine can use this information to prosecute their case that there is something wrong with the covid vaccines that cause death and injury. The obvious question is, have covid vaccines caused death an serious injury? The answer to this is yes, so why conceal now, perhaps one reason is that the SNP government wants to continue to inject children in lower age groups. If these got harmed then the data would be there to flag up concerns. Why wouldn't a government which claims to act in the public interest not want to be open an transparent especially since there is documented data already of the effects on adults and young children in relation to vaccine induced illness such as heart attack, stroke or myocarditis? 

With the suppression of evidence, this would allow government politicians to claim that people who object aren't basing their objections on scientific data. The politicians would dismiss concerns by "demanding proof" which they have taken steps to have concealed. in others words, 'give me the proof which we have prevented you from legally obtaining'. Is this how a true democracy acts? We don't live in a democracy, yes, we do have elections, yes, we do have on occasion changes of government, but during their term in government, and hold the levers of power, we cannot affect government policy in general. Politicans who are supposed to be the gatekeepers of democracy aren't our representatives, they are more like our 'managers', if they bring forward policies which are harmful, they can get away with it. The democratic mandate is a key to tyranny in the wrong hands, since 2007, Scotland has steadily declined and fascism is on the rise, not by the general public but by the political class which is corrupt. For Public Health Scotland to say that Anti-vaxxer concerns force removal of deaths by vaccine status data from Public Health Scotland reports is a nonsense. Public Health Scotland shows that they are corrupt, bias and malignant by saying officials will focus on publishing more robust and complex vaccine effectiveness data. In others words, you will only get information which doesn't paint the SNP government in a bad light. Why are they do this? Is it because that in the data that they recognise a growing and horrific trend in premature deaths and injury? Given that Nicola Sturgeon and her Ministers have been gung ho in pushing vaccines on the public, if there is a tsunami in the form of a health crisis in the population, the evidence of Public Health Scotland would be proof against them. Since when was it acceptable for public body like Public Health Scotland to be changed into the PR wing for the SNP Government? 

Do you still think you are living in a democracy, all the way through this piece, I have given you sources and facts, I have highlighted censorship, I have linked up the fact that government, politicians, big tech and the press both tv, radio and in print are all working to the same agenda. Only the public is standing up for freedom and standing up against censorship, where are the opposition politicians? Why don't they speak out? If they are the supposed leaders and parties in waiting to form a government why wouldn't they protect our human rights? You might want to ponder these thoughts because these really are big questions.  

For a moment let's read what PHS want you to believe, one PHS official said that focusing on vaccine effectiveness rather than the existing “very simple statistics” would result in “much more robust” data for the public. 

They said: 

“The main important point around all of the analysis is we understand whether the vaccines are working against catching it and against getting severe Covid, and that’s where the vaccine effectiveness studies come in which are a completely different methodology. The case rates, hospitalisation rates, the death rates are very simple statistics, whereas for the vaccine effectiveness studies we use modelling, we compare people who have tested negative to those who have tested positive and match them on their underlining co-morbidities. It’s a completely different method which is much more robust and that’s what we want people to focus on.” 

But despite all that they say clearly that their goal is to get you to focus on the effectiveness of the vaccine, so do you believe their explanation? PHS don't like the fact that their data has been promoted on social media by individuals including The Spectator’s associate editor Toby Young. Is Toby Young a radical, the answer to that is No, Toby Young is involved in the Free Speech movement, a movement which values truth above all else. So, why would  man with a distinguished history and working for some of the prestigious be anything other than scrupulous in how he chooses words and how he presents evidence? Does PHS think that someone like Toby Young is a liar or a bad person, or just plain making things up for mischief? Generally if a person is labelled a crank, there is usually wealth of evidence to choose from, along with a documented timeline which shows a pattern of behaviour. Earlier I mention that the politicians responsible for censorship and oppression all come from liberal and socialist parties, people who are speaking out tend to come from more Conservative or socially conservative backgrounds, the reason that they end up publishing their views on alt media such as GETTR, Brand New Tube, Bitchute and Rumble, isn't because they are right wing rednecks but rather due to censorship, and de-platforming in sites like Twitter, like Facebook, and like Youtube. The alt media sites are them attacked as right wing extremist sites, which isn't really the case. Anyone can join these lat media sites regardless of their politics to express their own opinions. Political parties don't like members having a public profile unless they are part of the accepted group, there is no such thing as a broad church in political parties. A living example of this is the Labour Party, yes, there are left wing members and candidates, but the control and direction of the party is firmly right wing, but not in a good way. If you haven't visited alt media sites like I have listened above, pop along, they aren't as well developed yet in terms of operation like Youtube just yet, but they do offer people a chance for their voice to be heard. 

Finally, I would like to highlight a further part of the explanation by Public Health Scotland to justify censorship, they said: 

“For example we know it (vaccines) is 50 per cent effective against getting infected, but that it is much higher effectiveness against hospitalisations and deaths which is the key thing really as that’s what we want to prevent.” 

Do you remember when vaccine first came out and it was said repeated by governments, printed press, medical doctors, celebs, radio and TV that the vaccines were 95% effective. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Xb61Ik7no 

We know that the 95% effectiveness is factually wrong, it is allowed to stay up on Youtube, and this figure appears on multiple videos, we know the effectiveness of the shot declines rapidly. We are being lie to by government, by big tech, by drug companies, by medias, by NGOs and a whole host of other bit players promoting propaganda, this isn't a theory, it is a proven fact. Things like this raise concerns because in the race to censor the public, those who seek to do research will also face being able to access data in order to make judgments. This represents a scary scenario, if critical thinking and analysis cannot be employed by people in the field of science, then bad products which cause harm will have no external mechanism to be challenged. How do you feel about that? 

The Return of The Grim Reaper; Ex SNP Health Sec Jeane Freeman lands new job at Glasgow University as an Ambassador for Community Engagement, Public Health and Innovation, is there no depths, no humiliation, no sense of shame that University of Glasgow won't sink too, it seems the moral decline of Scotland extends to higher education

One thing which the general public may not know is that some ex politicians end up in academia such as universities. Probably one of the most notable ex politicians to move in academia was Wendy Alexander. Alexander who went to Glasgow University at the same time I was there, she was a former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and an MSP, her brother is Douglas, a former Labour MP and Foreign Secretary. It was said that Wendy Alexander was the type of person who had a million ideas, the bulk of which were unworkable or just plain crap. Much was made of her intelligence as being super intelligence. At university, I found her to be a gobby wee shite, self opinionated, and up her own arse. Anyway Alexander found employment at Dundee University, her bio on the Dundee University is designed to make her look impressive, after all they bought a 'pig in a poke' so to justify it, why wouldn't want to attach silk ears. Here is a snippet of her bio for you to read. 

"Wendy Alexander is Vice-Principal (International) and leads the University's international strategy and is a member of the University Executive. Her responsibilities include providing strategic leadership to the University’s global engagement including prestigious international collaborations, providing an outstanding experience for international students and new outward mobility opportunities for all students. She has been a champion of international alumni ambassadors, has led the creation of a Humanitarian Scholars programme, Chairs the board of International College Dundee and was instrumental in the establishment of the School of Business. She also represents the University, and the sector, at the highest levels of Government, industry, higher education and with alumni, both within the UK and internationally. She serves as Scottish Government International Trade & Investment Envoy for Higher Education. She is a member of the Department for Education’s Education Sector Advisory Group. She Chairs the Global Advisory Board for Times Higher Education Student and is a past Co-Chair of UUK Pro-Vice Chancellor’s International network." 

For those not familiar with universities and how this works, this bio is overhyped pudding. One thing which makes me feel for sorry for Wendy Alexander is that Wendy Alexander is married to Professor Elizabeth Ashcroft, who was previously a man called Brian. If I was in her situation, I would have got divorced, but that is just me, old fashioned, anyway, to sum up on her, poor bastard! It seems that even high flyers can end up not smelling of roses in every situation. Universities and Colleges are to ex politicians what 'care homes' are to the elderly. It is just than some politicians aren't as elderly as the normal residents. For the most part in my mind, the only reason for giving an ex politician the title of Professor when they have no teaching experience or some other made up title is to keep connections open with the mainstream political parties who they can influence regarding their funding. If you look at the political class in all parties you shift from ordinary people to university middle class graduates, especially in parties of the left. The route appears to be, university to politician then back to university, of course not all can make that transition. However, another recent ex politician who also took the same path was another ex Scottish Labour Kez Dugdale who end up at Glasgow University.    

Most people don't know much about universities, or how they operate within, it is a multi layered management structure, you have the management, the University Court, and in some cases you have the University Senate as well as a whole host of various subgroups and associations who have various forms of input. For the most part, universities seem quite normal, students go to classes, they sit exams, they go to the bars, they play sports and after a few years, graduate and get a job, much like a production line with various types of degrees and levels of qualifications. Typically, degree, honours degree, masters degree and PhD, is what most people recognise, as well as some further adult education classes and summer schools where applicable. As someone who spent 20 years at Glasgow University, I think I am competent to comment on what goes on in places like this. One of the most famous placements into Glasgow University although not a politician was an ex British spy, Andrew Fulton, he was made a Professor of Law despite having no teaching experience, running no classes or doing no research, he popped up in Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit. This begs the questions, how did he get a job at Glasgow University, and how did he end up in the briefing unit? The point in mentioning Fulton is that at universities, some people mysteriously get appointed when no job for the post they hold, ever appeared on the university website. Fulton was never a lawyer, never a noted jurist and had no experience teaching Law. 

During  the early days of Covid, the SNP Government had Jeane Freeman, ex Labour advisor turn SNP MSP as the Health Sec. Freeman was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and the Doon Valley from 2016-2021, she was part of Nicola Sturgeon's push to promote more women into senior roles in her government, basically you understand, 'jobs for the boys', well Sturgeon operates 'jobs for the girls'. This also tied in with Sturgeon promoting lgbt politicians. One other notable aspect which saw Freeman rise quickly in the SNP was the fact that she was known as a Quango Queen, one such appointment was her sitting on the board of the Golden Jubilee Hospital. The link is to a daily record story which may be of interest to you regarding Freeman's previous history as Chair of the Golden Jubilee. The story is to set the scene for the next and more damaging thing which I want to cover on Freeman and her tenure as Health Sec. During Covid, infected elderly patients were discharged from hospitals into sterile care homes without being tested, the other part of this story is the NHS wanted elderly people to sign DNR notices so that if they died, no attempt would be made to save their lives. Thousands upon thousands of Scottish elderly people who could have been saved died by the incompetence of Freeman as Health Sec. It wasn't entirely a surprise that in the aftermath that freeman decided not to seek re-election. Just like in the aftermath of the Alex Salmond trial, Nicola Sturgeon and her cult have a habit of disposal or moving of electorally damaging people. Freeman , 68 was damaged goods. 

Am I surprised that Jeane Freeman has resurfaced after retiring so soon from being a senior SNP politician and ending up at Glasgow University, in a word, No. Jeane Freeman is to join the University of Glasgow in what they term as a "key role" within the University’s College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS). The hyping of Freeman by the university is not unusual, when a person cannot be sold on their merit, other people come along such as the university media team to sell as 'pig in a poke'. Freeman takes up the part time role of Ambassador for Community Engagement, Public Health and Innovation for the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences with immediate effect. When I read this, my first reaction was 'whit'? She is said to be playing an active role in a £91m Living Laboratory project in Govan, which, via collaboration with the NHS and industry partners, will see the acceleration of world-changing research into a real-world clinical setting. The first thing which struck me was the title, Ambassador, to me that sounds like bullshit, and the fact it is a part time job just reinforces my opinion on that. The next part which seems much like the nonsense cobbled together for Green Ministers in the SNP Government is 'Community Engagement', my understanding would be, of dialogue with the local people of Govan. But that doesn't sound right, why would Glasgow University need to do community engagement with the people of Govan? Especially when they have no input to whether a £91 million Lab is built in their area, planning permission is a matter for the City Council. And why would the locals object at the planning stage anyway? 

As to being an Ambassador for public health, now that really is taking the piss, especially when you factor in the thousands of people who died in care homes due to negligence under her watch. Let's face it, would you take advice on public health from someone like Jeane freeman with her track record in Quangos and as Health Sec? Or would you rather trust your own gut? If you can read, if you have had education up to secondary school, you don't need anyone like Freeman.  

Freeman said: 

“I am delighted to join the University of Glasgow, and the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, in this new position of Ambassador for Community Engagement, Public Health and Innovation. The University leads many world-changing projects all poised to create real-world impact for people, locally, nationally and internationally. I am particularly excited to play a role in the Living Laboratory project in Govan, where working together with all partners, we can realise health benefits for patients and our NHS.” 

She is basically 'talking up' a meaningless job. 

Prof Iain McInnes, University of Glasgow Vice-Principal and Head of the College of MVLS, said; 

“We are absolutely delighted that someone of Ms Freeman’s calibre will be joining the College. Ms Freeman’s experience will be a very welcome addition to the University, and we are confident that it will help us achieve our ambitious aims across a wide-range of innovative projects to improve the health and lives of the people in Glasgow, Scotland and beyond.” 

Somebody of her calibre? Did Prof Iain McInnes do a deep dive into Freeman's background or even pay the slightest attention what happened elderly people in care homes? Didn't he notice the decline of the NHS in Scotland under the SNP? Does McInnes have access to newspapers, radio, TV, the internet or the ability to communicate with the general public? In what must be one of the oiliest welcomes yet, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, who said: 

"I am extremely pleased to welcome Ms Freeman to the University of Glasgow, in what will be an important role that harnesses her expertise in health policy and community engagement. Ms Freeman’s background as one of Scotland’s most prominent and respected politicians, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, will be invaluable in making a success of this new role." 

Finally, here is my opinion why Glasgow University has employed this deadbeat, the ruling party of government is the SNP, they are the ones who control ultimately the budget which goes to the Scottish Funding Council. So tossing a few scraps towards Jeane Freeman could in their eyes be a good marketing strategy. They give a job to Freeman, Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP approved, and it helps to secure university funding. Who knows may be they will give her an office in the lab in Govan to operate out of. As she apparently stays in the trendy West end, it would only be a few minutes travel through the Clyde tunnel to her work.  At 68 years old, her job is billed as part time, but it is also temporary. Once Freeman drops like a stone, I would assume that Glasgow University would look out for another SNP stooge to be hailed as someone of "calibre" obviously depending who the party of government is.