Politics
Patrice limps home in the council elections
Hairdresser to the stars, ‘Patrice’ limped home in the council elections for Bankhead and Stoneywood. His 159 votes, 56 behind the Conservatives, wasn’t enough to threaten the big guns.
“ I wiz slightly disappointed,” said the self confessed cock o the north. ”But that’s how it goes, it wiz a great experience. Maybe people didna believe enough that I wiz a serious candidate.”
Patrice was sponsored by, ‘Tresses On The Terrace,’ one of Aberdeen’s top hair & beauty salons. Director Irene Mair said, “I enjoyed being part of it, if there were votes for humour, flamboyance, flair and personality, Patrice would have won hands down.”
Rowie day
For generations the 'Rowie' has been a delicacy throughout Aberdeen and the northeast. With butter, jam, even steeped in tea, it has become part of a breakfast tradition handed down through the generations.
Patrice, that 'Hairdresser to the Stars'and self-confessed 'Cock o The North' was campaigning for a 'ROWIE DAY'in Aberdeen. "A Rowie Day would give the city and its citizens a chance to have fun," says Patrice. "It would be a city-wide summer holiday where everybody does nothing but eat free rowies. It would be exclusive to Aberdeen and every other city would look in on us with envy.
As a taster, Patrice gave away free rowies within the Bankhead/Stoneywood ward during the recent Council Elections.
The Concept of Sovereignty
Sovereignty can be defined in several ways but all are dependent on a nation's track record for a combination of ethics and endurance. It is the undisputed right to make decisions and act accordingly but there is an innate expectation that these decisions are made on a noble and decent basis.
In common parlance it is our right to rule ourselves, or to decide our destiny. The international canons of human rights use the term 'self-determination' and state that to be a right available to all 'peoples' or 'nations'. We have to ask ourselves if we have enough self-respect to be able to call ourselves a nation or a people. The survival of our independent football team is a clue and Scotland today is made up of two types of people on this issue.
You either believe that Scotland is a nation and the people are a people, or you do not. If you assert it, you are a 'nationist' championing the right of a people. If you deny it you endorse imperialistic control of a colony by an alien power.
Under international law 'High Contracting Parties', i.e. signatories amongst whom we can identify the nameless 'United Kingdom', have a responsibility to promote self-determination in the Dominions for which they have responsibility. We await with interest the day when Westminster operatives recognise this obligation in law.
