So sad that Donald Trump will spend most of his UK visit in Scotland. Theresa May was in such a hurry to invite him after he was elected. Why doesn't she have him stay at Chequers (and confiscate his twitter while she's at it)?
Trump's previous actions in Scotland as a businessman upset a lot of people and we will probably have to deal with him long after he is no longer president. I doubt the UK government will part with £5 million to police every future visit. It has only been set up this way to stop protests getting out of hand in London.
We are not invisible up here and have the right to peaceful protest, but there is a danger of clashes with police officers, some of whom might be drafted in from elsewhere and not aware of the strength of feeling or the historical heavy-handed mistakes made around the security of Trump's course at Menie.
We really don't deserve this and I hope the protests are loud, colourful, tartan, yet level-headed and peaceful. And we should all remember that a number of the officers - who have no choice - will have had to give up holidays with their children or have left their own communities unpoliced simply to guard an Ego who could have stayed in the American Embassy or a secure London hotel.
