Wowee.
Person 1: Our sovereignty has been violated.
Person 2: Yeah, but they own us, so uh, we kinda have to roll with it.
That’s basically what this sounds like to me. If anyone more familiar with Scotland has corrections, or I’m portraying this ignorantly, please correct me. Just basing this on my impression of how vassal-like western Europe is and how weasel wording the second guy’s statement sounds.
That first minister is a fucking cowardly gobshite piece of work which is why he got the job in the first place.
Whenever someone responds with apparent legalism in defense of the indefensible the reply to that should be why their first response was not that the law should be changed instead. Hiding behind legalism means you agree with that interpretation of the law and too cowardly to hoist your fascist flag/flag of subservience instead.
Awwww, did you think US military would only kidnap people from bad countries like Venezuela?
Does anyone have an article about this to learn more?
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25803761.donald-trumps-us-unlawfully-abduct-two-people-scotland/
The only one I could find
That’s wild.
Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC, representing the Lord Advocate and Scottish ministers, said, according to Police Scotland, none of them have claimed asylum. Five of them wish to travel to the US and 21 want to travel elsewhere, the court heard.
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It would be funny if Trump kidnaps a European leader, and then tries to use them as a bargaining chip for the annexation of Greenland.
What if extraordinary rendition, but on our “allies”
