Entrepreneur and company director Alan Quinn joins us today for an update on Scotland's economic, social, and legal malaise. Notably, we touch on the new hate crime laws in Scotland, which can mean a prison stay of up to seven years in prison. Author JK Rowling has already asked the police to arrest her after she described several transgender women as men.
We also discuss the increasingly dire government-caused housing crisis in Scotland, and the contrast in efforts by Glasgow and Aberdeen's local councils in fostering business growth.
BBC story on the Scottish hate laws and JK Rowling's response is here or c51j64lk2l8o.
Guardian story on the likely temporary relief from rent control, and how it will almost-certainly lead to massive increases in rent costs is here or https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/11/tenants-scotland-face-big-rent-rises-mass-evictions-from-april-emergency-protections-expire.
Photo description: Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, after receiving an honorary degree from The University of Aberdeen in 2006.
Photo credit: Adjusted image originally taken by Sjhill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The intro is a shortened version of a clip by Richard Wagner, EEF OAL-1, licensed via Wikimedia Commons, performed by:
Conductor: James Allen Gähres
Ensemble: Ulm Philharmonic
Location: CCU Einsteinsaal, Ulm
Opera: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Movement: Prelude from Act 3
Date 3 June 2014
The thunderclap outro is a shortened version of a clip by Jonathan Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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