Lord Dunderheid

I see that Margaret Ferrier, the SNP MP who broke COVID-19 regulations without resigning, has resurfaced in parliament (although maybe only via video link). As an SNP supporter and member I feel I should comment. Firstly, it needs to be remembered that Ferrier actually had COVID-19 when she travelled between London and her home in Scotland (not to mention her other transgressions at the time) while, for example, Catherine Calderwood did not have COVID when she and her family travelled to Fife from Edinburgh (I believe it was). There was no chance Calderwood would have spread the virus unless someone in her party actually had COVID and the car they had travelled in had broken down and they had required road side assistance. Calderwood, admittedly after initial resistance, recognised her position was untenable and she fell on her sword. Ferrier, on the other hand, refused to do so - and still continues to do so. While the SNP acted quickly, and correctly, to remove the whip from her, she...

With just a few states left to declare it looks like Biden has won the US presidential election, even if the few remaining ones end up going to Trump. There are, of course, the many legal challenges Trump claims he is going to instigate (or has already done so) but unless he comes up with real evidence of cheating or fraud then Trump’s race has been run and lost. This, as far as I’m concerned, is great news. At the same time the count was a lot closer than it was expected to be. Why? One interview, with a US commentator that I heard, indicated that he thought many people had said they were not voting for Trump when that, in fact was what they intended to do, Again, why? This commentator figured that a lot of those people knew how many held Trump in low esteem and didn’t want to be seen as supporting him as they feared they would receive a tough time from many friends and family for doing so (while many of their friends and family were likely thinking the same way). Others, he said, did...