Secret Squirrel Comments On Donald Trump's Bullying Tactics Used On Scots

Secret Squirrel has had his attention drawn to a range war in Scotland, developing between some Scottish landowners,and one very belligerent and bullying American, one Donald Trump,of questionable financial accumen and practices.He has, you
know,filed for bankruptcy twice and still come out at the top of the heap,since in both instances, Trump's corporations have filed,not he himself,and his investors have lost,not he himself,in short he's a form of legal Madoff, the investors loose,the monies gone,but who knows where(Madoff at least knew where the money was, and is, but wasn't and isn't talking),he has no idea himself. So Donald Trump,still personally an impossibly rich person with a somewhat disagreeable reputation,neighbour to one Scottish citizen,British subject,British citizen,British passport holding,David Milne,whose home at Hermit Point on the Menie estate is near Donald Trump's planned golf resort site, is trying to stick a Scottish neighbour with an expensive bill for a fence, and a rather poor one at that, a fence of the slat like variety one puts up about trees, or uses as a windbreak in winter,one of those varieties,that rolls up and rolls out, a run of the mill variety.Without warning, Trump's contractors erected the new boundary and planted dozens of trees then sent an invoice for £2820 - half of the total bill.David Milne,the neighbour Trump is at odds with,said: "I could not believe it when the bill arrived. I priced the materials and I could put up the whole fence on my own for about £800,that'd be a £400 on Donald's side which Donald would be sure not to pay.The health and safety adviser said Trump's demand was "ridiculous" and that he would not pay a penny towards the fence.

He said: "I'm just ignoring the demand. There is no way I'm going to pay it."As far as I'm concerned it's just another attempt to intimidate and bully me. But it's not going to work. I'm not paying any attention to it at all. "It's made from the cheapest stuff available but that's the kind of standard we've come to expect from Mr Trump and his organization."Now his neighbour,David Milne, a Health And Safety Advisor,has happily lived there for 20 years, happily ,till the arrival of the American, Donald Trump, who intends to build a golf course round and about the property.Mr Milne has accused the tycoon of trying to harass and bully him by doing things like piling a huge mound of earth behind his property.Trump had decided that the demarcation of Mr Milne’s property was wrong and needed to be corrected.

Here you can see the fence for yourself.....

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3617771/Cheeky-Donald-Trump-erects-fence-and-bills-protester.html

Quite simply the house, with it's road access, is in his way, his line of way,line of sight, or what ever, but whom now has the right of way? Well, the American has permission to create two championship courses, a clubhouse, a hotel and 950
houses.And he's decided he also needs adjoining land and has applied for planning permission for properties he doesn't own.Seems quite sure all things will go his way, and Milne will go away, for the 15% (imagine 15%,only) over cost of property he's offered to buy.But the sticking point is Milne doesn't go for the Americans bullying and strong arm tactics, quite simply, Trump isn't in America,and he's encountered some very obstinate thistle arsed Scots. BUT he does have heavy support from the Scottish (in this case pronounced Sottish if you please) Government,and has bragged heavily to that extend when he revealed he'd plans for the golf courses,etc, and had worries that he said the Scottish government easily alleviated for him, as they didn't want to stand in the way of the American,after all what are a few happy Scottish landowners to they, or they
to he.To quote the Donald on his plans, all of his plans,Government told me I'd win' DONALD Trump made the "explosive admission" that the Scottish Government called him after his golf course plan was rejected by councilors to urge him to press on, assuring him "you'll win".And he did too, and it seems, will continue to win?Trump's
claim that the Scottish Government offered him its support following the rejection is significant as it is supposed to remain impartial.What an incredible revelation we see, the SNP going against the democratic process when it suits them,we see the
SNP doing favours for Donald Trump an American. Milne is one of four homeowners at Menie who had been living with the threat of being evicted from their homes until Mr Trump announced earlier this year that he had ruled out compulsory purchase orders to help build his massive golf development.The Donald has in the past described the home as “ugly” and said he wants to flatten it,as with respect to the other three homes which are in his view, but Mr Milne will not sell,nor the other landowners at present.

Yes, the Donald can get what he wants, with full Scottish Government support, and the Scots be damned for living and being there, by all, including their own cherished government.But the American has also applied for planning permission for
adjoining land, on which Mr Milne's home at Hermit Point stands,and the others as well,you just can't stand in the way of Donald Trump nor the Scottish government,they will get their way.

Look here at......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394484/Donald-Trump-puts-barrier-trees-Scottish-neighbours-home.html

and you will get a better overview of things as they are and are going to be.

Fence laws originated with disputes over livestock, which may wander off their owner's land and cause damage. Judges and legislators have developed three different schemes for allocating the costs of restraining animals. Countries or states with "fence-in" systems require ranchers to build and pay for fences to keep their cattle on their land. "Fence-out" regimes allow livestock to go where they please, and impose the cost of fencing on neighbors who don't want animals on their property. Lastly, a few Solomonic legislatures have split the difference, forcing neighbors to share the cost of a fence, even if one of them doesn't want it. But don't be alarmed, suburbanites. Most states restrict their fence-out and cost-sharing rules to less populated regions or to those who own livestock, so your neighbor probably can't stick you with a bill for the cost of his white picket fence.However, there are no cows present, at the time of the building of the fence by either,so the argument directly is no cows,livestock or what ever, have you, they don't ,either of'em, hence no direct necessity for the fence, as the law states...even as it states, there must be necessity. In future, should Trump decide to add livestock to the fields, he would still be stuck for any fence or improvement of said fence since the cows were not, as now, present in the first place in the first erection of the unnecessary livestock fence, hence, The Donald can have his fence, as he wishes, but entirely at his own cost and expense,according to the letter of the law,but what with there already being severe Scottish government
interference in the matter,things may not exactly follow the letter of the law,but rather the dictates of the SNP. There is,however much opposition developing against both The Donald Trump, and as a consequence concerning the developments,the SNP, as well, and support for the four Scottish landowners has emerged....

here view an article from The Scotsman.....

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Donald-Trump-fights-back-over.6783261.jp

Here commences a synopsis of an epistle from The Scotsman....

Herein Donald Trump fights back over 'Menie: The Movie'A BITTER war of words has broken out ahead of the Scottish premiere of a film about Donald Trump's controversial golf course project in Aberdeenshire.You've Been Trumped was made by a two-man team who spent a year following the story and questions the decision to back the proposed "best golf course in the world".Director Anthony Baxter yesterday said residents fighting the plans claim they have been "bullied" and "victimized" and the development would sabotage a sensitive environment.The film will be seen for the first time in Scotland next Friday in Aberdeen.Mr Antrhony Baxter,The Director, from Montrose, described the film as an "environmental parable for our celebrity-driven times".The film-maker, along with producer Richard Phinney, was detained by police following a complaint of breach of the peace.On the arrest of Mr Baxter, Grampian Police said officers were called to the Menie Estate regarding a complaint of breach of the peace on 30 July last year. "As the allegations were corroborated by independent witnesses, two men were detained by officers and subsequently, after careful consideration of the facts, given formal adult warnings in connection with the incident."(This is interesting in light of the view that the estate they were on is surrounded by docile farmland as viewed above in the mentioned overview).He said: "I hope (the film] will change attitudes as for the first time the public will be getting the truth about the way the police have been policing the development and the fact that Trump is bullying residents."He added: "The people there feel victimized, bullied and feel a landscape that they know and feel very passionate about as an environmentally sensitive and important piece of ground has been bulldozed and sabotaged for the sake of precious little."He is also seeking an apology from Grampian Police after being detained following an incident while making the film.

Here ends my synopsis of the epistle found in The Scotsman...


There's more of course to it all..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-487384/Billionaire-Donald-Trump-faces-kilted-curmudgeon-opposing-Scottish-golf-resort-plans.html

And here commences a synopsis from The Daily Mail..........

Mike Forbes Is another who stands in the way of plans of Donald Trump to build a resort on his land.For the problem is that Mike, Molly and Mike's 60-year-old wife, Sheila ? currently hard at work in the fish factory down the road live slap bang in
the middle of Trump's site.So far, he has rejected offers of £350,000 and more recently £375,000. Trump, meanwhile, insists that unless Mike and Molly sell up, he'll simply build around them.So Molly will be able to wave at the golfers from her
window in Paradise and will be a mere hop and a skip from the five-star hotel, spa and the majestic Tarmacadam sweep of the £1billion resort's main access route, Trump Boulevard.It's not difficult to see why Trump is keen to get them out.The dispute mirrors the plot of Local Hero, the 1983 cult film by Bill Forsyth in which an American oil tycoon tries to buy a tiny Scottish Village ? actually filmed in Pennan, just a few miles up the coast and turn it into an oil refinery, but changes his mind when he comes to visit and sees how gorgeous the place is.Except for The Donald,of course, it's the reverse,such is the benevolence and friendship of the American,Donald Trump, in reality.Mike is furious and insists the tractors are used to
drag his fishing nets and their frames in from the sea, while the oil cans are homemade braziers for burning rubbish."Of course I was offended. I wasn't against the golf course from the start.""I was helping him out, repairing their roads and
things and then they just went mental because I wouldn't sell.""They said they would make my life a misery and suddenly it's all got a bit personal. I don't say personal things about him...though there's a lot I could say."Such as?
"Well . . . his hair looks like a dead squirrel, for starters."

So has he been bullied?
"Put it this way, in the last few months I've had visits from animal cruelty, the RSPCA, environmental health and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.Oh, and a couple of weeks ago I had the police round saying I had a shotgun with no
license. I don't even have a shotgun.It all seems a bit coincidental, don't you think?"He's also withdrawn access rights from my land down to the beach ? I need a tractor to drag the nets, so without it, I can't fish."He has also had lawyers' letters accusing him of damaging Mr Trump's property, which he denies."Well, I always said that when I retired I'd sell everything and go on a world cruise, but I know one thing, I'll never sell to Donald Trump. Never ever."

And here ends the synopsis from The Daily Mail.

No in all fairness and equity to all Scots,to all Scottish citizens,citizens of Britain et all.......the government may not care, but it is clear from Mister Trump's own admission that the impartiality of the system is most severely compromised with
the Scottish National Party's Mister Salmond in charge.The nationalists think that the machinery of government is there to be
used and abused, and that they are not subject to the law of the land.The Scots are entitled to fair dealing from the government, and it is plain that Mister Trump believes that he was given fair passage in advance of the process. Scots who
believed that they would get a fair hearing have been deceived.Any permissions given to Mister Trump must be suspended immediately, and a new process begun, under judicial supervision.Separately, a parliamentary inquiry must be begun. The Lord Advocate must commence an inquiry alongside the police to see if corrupt practices have been used.

Secret Squirrel Sees Separation Of Quebec And Scotland Intertwined

Secret Squirrel here ponders the election of the Scottish National Party (SNP)to majority in Scotland,and a similar parallel in Quebec(Canada), as both are "provinces" of a greater combined country and both seek stated independence, separation as it were,was,and might well be yet again,driven by revolutionary ardour, much as the Americans separatists were,directing their
efforts against the injustices of the British versus the colonists of the day. There there were first political formations, and attempts, and thence the generator of separation was driven by guerrilla military actions.Here we find both are at the political stage of things,and in both places there is relative calm on the militant front. Further both were and are encouraged by the success of the IRA, albeit the IRA of Gerry Adams sought militaristic urban guerrilla tactics and employed
them highly successfully in their quest for the first stage of their aims, that of political recognition and realizations,but fell short a their actual aims, which they all still work heavily towards.Any further success either Quebec,or Scotland have, will encourage the IRA to further its aim, thence politically,with respect to Northern Ireland.Methinks also, that farther on the road, though many years hence,the summers of discontent will ferment and reveal themselves yet still in Wales as
well.

And so it will go, a domino effect will initiate itself,an automatic,irreversible effect,one effecting the other. So now indeed we find that with respect to the separational developments of both Scotland and Quebec,we find that,indeed,one encouraged the other, and now the other yet encourages back the other,so both seem to have their destinies,independent or not, separated or not, intertwined,though they both are oceans away.It is here,Scotland,Quebec, where the shape of things to come will be defined for both Britain, and Canada.

Either learns from the experiences of the other,as things have developed and yet continue to develop, and it is believed that either will share in the fate of each other,when it comes down to brass tacks concerning their future as a an independent nation, or not.So now,newly elected to majority in Scotland, the SNP has made it clear, following its landslide election win , that it will hold a vote on Scottish independence over the course of its five-year mandate,specifically in the
second half of it's mandate.The SNP holds a majority for the first time in Scotland's parliament, a position roughly analogous to where the Parti Quebecois(PQ),of Quebec(Canada) found itself 35 years ago after its first win in a provincial election.Quebec has already held two such,in 1980 and 1995. It lost both times, though it came within less than a percentage point of triumph on the second try.

But Bernard Landry,former PM of Quebec, commented,"If I have one bit of advice to offer, it is that they take all the necessary precautions so that the referendum is equal for all sides and honest," Landry said."The federal government didn't do that here... They violated the spirit of our laws."He believed there was heavy Canadian Federal government interference and juggling of the outcome of their referendums.The march for Quebec independence continues,buoyed up by the SNP victory......Louise Beaudoin, the PQ's critic for international relations, said she "rejoiced" when she heard the news of the SNP's victory in the May 5 election.

"It is important for them but it's also important for all those who are trying to do the same thing," she said.

"That's what is interesting for us, to have partners who are equals."

Beaudoin said it is likely that a PQ delegation will travel to meet with SNP representatives in the fall.

"The federal government didn't do that here... They violated the spirit of our laws."

With the Scottish National Party’s recent election victory in mind,SNP leader Alex Salmond should enjoy this moment,The Scottish National Party’s astounding election victory ,Quebec is the right analogy, because in both cases "independence" is mainly of emotional importance–and the emotion is not all that powerful. Basque separatists in Spain, Kurds in Turkey, and Tamils in Sri Lanka have bitter memories of mistreatment and repression by the majority nationality in relatively recent times, but for French-Canadians and Scots it is mainly a legacy issue.The basic argument of separatists in both of these places is that history took a wrong turn a few hundred years ago.For the French in Quebec, it was by defeat of Montcalm at
Quebec City, by the English,Wolfe.For Scotland it actually occurred when the Scot became King James 1st of England (he also was known as King James VI of Scotland)and Scotland, and then destroyed the Scottish nobility fearing revolts and rebellions.Hardly the same,but the Scots had obviously, and still do,expect,and expected, the reverse to occur.Things have just not been the same since.

Basque separatists in Spain,working for their separation from Spain,perhaps, though yet working to thence join with France.With respect to developments in Quebec,Quebec also seems to have a separational element related to the dreams of joining with France,and it was one General Charles DeGaulle, who really lit off the present Quebec separational aspirations with his famous words,"Vie Le Quebec!Vive Le Quebec Libre!!",which triggered offa rather militant revolutionary arm of the Quebec separatists, The FLQ(Front De Liberation Quebecquois)which certainly added extremely hot spice to the fermenting Quebec stew pot of separation.There are Kurds in the way in Turkey, and Tamils in Sri Lanka all of whom have bitter memories of mistreatment and repression by the majority nationality in relatively recent times,and so, they too, are embarked on attempts at separational independence for their enclave ethnic areas.

Scots already control most domestic issues in Scotland through their own parliament, as does the French-speaking majority in the province of Quebec. GDP per capita in Scotland is 95 percent of the average figure for all of Britain, the same as Quebec's in relation to the rest of Canada.Quebec already has mechanisms in place, such as,in foreign nations, their own economic missions, also seemingly political missions as well,and economic mechanisms in it's own control,such as separate income tax determination,have their own banks,the most familiar Caisse Populaire,their own health care system.........usual school boards and universities......Quebec has a wealth of mining and utterly important, electrical generation, not depending in any way shape nor form of either nuclear nor thermal electrical generation of electricity...(hydro is regarded as free,renewable and utterly green),massive mining in all sectors, the province being extremely rich in mineable rocks and minerals.Even though it is not a country, the economy of Quebec, ranks close to that of Portugual.Quebec's GDP is set at 303billion.In short, on infrastructure, and economically, Quebec is miles ahead of Scotland.

Scotland's gdp is at 144 billion,half of comparable Quebec,but the cost of bailing out Scotland’s two biggest banks emerged as a staggering £470 billion — three times the size of the Scottish economy......the English may be pondering was it worth the cost to them,then,and in the future?In the real world, many Scots are afraid that their small country, with only one-tenth of England's population, would be too vulnerable to the financial and strategic storms that shake the world.Like the PQ versus the Liberals in Quebec, the SNP has established itself as the only practical alternative to Labour in Scotland.After a generation of effort to convince Quebecers to vote for independence, the Parti Québécois tumbled to third-party status in last March's Quebec election.

The SNP is riding high at the moment, but the same fate may await it further down the road, because the majority response to its grand project is likely to be "Why bother?"English Canada is reluctant to allow Quebec independence, due to its grand,really necessity,the very things that would support Quebec, are a critical necessity to the rest of Canada,actually, so the English of the rest of Canada do not favor Quebec independence, but in Britain,59 percent of English people, are in favour of Scottish independence–more than twice the proportion of Scots who are,at least at the last poll. But that may yet have changed in light of the recent SNP grand success.Also,unlike Quebec which is in fact economically necessary to the rest of Canada, most English people would hardly notice if the northernmost bit of Britain, containing less than a tenth of the country's population, became a separate country,not that it could ever actually support itself independently as a separate nation.

The SNP today faces the same problem as the PQ did – running a government while making uncompromised choices that risk party splits. Nine years after his initial triumph, René Lévesque was forced to resign as PQ leader and Quebec Premier because of party divisions over sovereignty and the economy. Like Salmond now, Lévesque then was grappling with a recession. After two failed referendums and interminable constitutional battles with Ottawa, support for sovereignty in Quebec has dwindled and left the province isolated from the rest of the country.

Scottish opinion polls indicate that less than a third of the people favour full independence. In Quebec, a referendum on independence in 1980 was soundly defeated but another referendum in 1995 almost squeezed through.what would happen to Scotland if the separatists lose the forthcoming referendum but keep on trying. That's what happened in Quebec, where the separatists first came to the fore politically in the 1960s.Quebec separatists held and lost two referendums, in 1980 and 1995, but for half a century the prospect that there would eventually be a referendum (or yet another referendum) on separation from Canada was there every year.

Salmond suggests that a referendum might include an extra question on giving Holyrood greater financial freedom while keeping Scotland within the UK. This echoes Quebec’s hazy concept of sovereignty-association. The question for Canada—and Quebec—is what it would mean if the Scottish independence referendum succeeded. In all likelihood, it would give fresh impetus to
Quebec`s independence movement. But the opposite might also be true. If the Scottish referendum failed, or separation negotiations proved enormously difficult, then this would likely discourage any future independence movement in Quebec as well.But should Scotland succeed,and secede,separate,gain independence, Quebec would benefit vastly from the experience of the Scots, and without a doubt,follow in the footsteps of the Scottish success,should that be achieved.