President’s Syria rap

President Donald Trump’s Syrian pull-back has been slated by one of his party’s most senior politicians.

Repub l i c a n Mi t ch McConnell, the US Senate majority leader, said the withdrawal of 1000 US troops combined with Turkey’s assault on Syria was a “strategic nightmare”.

Turkey has agreed a fiveday truce which appeared to be holding yesterday.

A huge crowd gathered outside Watt Brothers in Glasgow in the ear ly hours af ter an announcement that the chain had gone into administration.

Hundreds paid a final visit but many were disgusted to find there was no formal closing down sale.

Shoppers who heard rumours of bargains queued in the rain outside the front door of the Sauchiehall Street store, lining up alongside Hope Street, down Sauchiehall Lane and beyond.

One shopper said: “It was pandemonium. There were people lined up right round the block.

“There was a huge crowd at the front door and some people chanced their luck and tried to walk in once the doors were open but it just started arguments.

“Only two doors of the four at the front opened and it was just pandemonium. People were pushing, shouting and swearing, it was just madness.ss.

“Two security guardsuards were on the doors but theyey didn’t do much good. It was like a January sale gone wrong.

“There was no sale.le. Everything was still normal price. People were coming outt raging and shouting ‘ it’s a con,’’ and they were so unhappy becauseause they had queued for hours.

“A few people cameame out with stuff but not many.y. It was nuts.”

Blair Nimmo and AlistairAlistair McAl inden, of KPMG, were