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Boris Break
The Prime Minister has come under fire over confusion about who footed the bill for his £15,000 winter holiday. David Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, initially denied paying for the luxury trip to St Vincent and the Grenadines, and a spokesman for the business tycoon later claimed he only “arranged” accommodation on the island of Mustique for Boris Johnson and girlfriend Carrie Symonds.
“Can the PM not afford to pay for his own holidays with his girlfriend?”
Andrew Mcmillan, heraldscotland.com
“If you can write anything you like in the register then ‘all transparency requirements’ are worthless.”
P. Preston, heraldscotland.com
“He paid for the trip and declared the accommodation, HMRC are not interested.”
Brigit Page, heraldscotland.com
Bridge battle
Interim Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw has been mocked online after blasting the design of the Queensferry Crossing – despite heading the committee that chose it. Mr Carlaw convened the fivestrong Holyrood Crossing Bill committee, which was formed in 2010 to scrutinise the Forth Crossing Bill that allowed construction of the bridge.
“A stupid and opportunistic claim but, like the SNP, Carlaw isn’t a bridge designer or engineer, so isn’t responsible for ice accumulation.”
Graham Smith, heraldscotland.com
“SNP supporters will try and blame anybody but the SNP Government. This was a government infrastructure project for which the government was and is responsible.”
Hotel hike
John Paterson, heraldscotland.com
“He helped choose the design, but he didn’t help choose the SNP government which oversaw the construction and failed to implement remedies in the design when these emerged.
“Those icicles and road closures have been avoided in Vancouver which has two similar bridges and similar weather conditions. There one bridge closed for only an hour and the second bridge never closed even in worse weather conditions.” Andrew Macauley, heraldscotland.com
“He was one MSP who passed the design of the bridge. To now complain against his own decision really shows how arrogant he is in these decisions.”
Gordon Copland, Facebook
Hotels in Glasgow are cashing in on worldwide demand for rooms during the COP26 summit. Some hotels that still have availability are jacking up prices to more than four times the normal rate for a room, including one quoting a rate of £4,500 per night.
“All this money and time being wasted on yet another talking shop. Action is needed against climate change and global warming, not more meetings.”
Andrew Mcmillan, heraldscotland.com
“I hope the homeless are sitting outside these hotels to show what Glasgow does for the homeless and foodbanks – nothing whatsoever” Betty Mccormick, heraldscotland.com
“That bubble can soon be popped, if COP26 moves elsewhere for cost reasons.”
John Wastle, Facebook
“Unless Nicola Sturgeon can be centre stage it won’t be happening in Glasgow.
“Seems mad anyway flying in thousands of people. Bit climate self defeating really, why not have a video conference.”
Michael Thomson, heraldscotland.com
“All those jets flying in spewing carbon dioxide etc when a simple conference call would suffice. The hypocrisy is off the charts.”
Jo Thompson, heraldscotland.com