Laura J. Pollock
Multimedia Journalist at The National (Scotland)
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6 days ago |
thenational.scot | Laura J. Pollock
Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton sold his Tesla in January (Image: Ken Jack) "MY 11-year-old daughter bought me a sticker at Christmas saying, ‘I bought this before Elon went crazy’,” Alex Cole-Hamilton laughed as we sat down to talk about his former Tesla. The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader sold his electric car three weeks later, with Elon Musk’s Nazis salute being the trigger for the decision.
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6 days ago |
thenational.scot | Laura J. Pollock
Protesters outside a Tesla dealership (Image: Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK, Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) GLOBAL days of action highlighting the strings Elon Musk is pulling in countries across the world have one clear aim — to challenge, disrupt, and ultimately take down Tesla.
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1 week ago |
thenational.scot | Laura J. Pollock
Outside the grey pebble-dashed house, Donald Trump told reporters: 'I think I do feel Scottish' (Image: Archive) DONALD Trump has visited his mother's childhood home twice — once as a young child, and once as an adult for just 97 seconds. We don't know much about that first visit, and likely neither does the president, but the second was highly-publicised. Pictures show Trump outside Mary Anne MacLeod's former home, which his cousins still live in, by their side.
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1 week ago |
thenational.scot | Laura J. Pollock
I met the owners to to talk about the reasoning behind their ongoing campaign so close to Mary Anne MacLeod's home village (Image: NQ) “IT’S just mind-bendingly chilling,” Sarah Venus says, reiterating scenes facing Americans she knows, sitting beside her husband Peter in their shop Lewis Revival in Stornoway.
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1 week ago |
thenational.scot | Laura J. Pollock
Donald Trump's goals occasionally conflict with each other, something seen in the opinions of those in Lewis (Image: NQ) ISLANDERS on Lewis are divided over whether to take pride in Donald Trump’s Scottish roots — with one resident telling The National that his late mother would be “turning in her grave”, while another described the president’s political rise as “remarkable”.
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RT @ukpapers: 🇬🇧 Shame On You! ▫'You're disappointing us': A message for Donald Trump from the Outer Hebrides ▫@laura_pollock_ #frontpage…
A lot of debate around this recent polling from Opinium - on behalf of Britain Remade - and what information those who responded were given 👇 How much does the public really know about nuclear energy? 🤔 https://t.co/7y8tDA0aAu
Police Scotland have now told @ScotNational that buffer zone legislation is enforceable at ALL times 🚨 Major U-turn? It comes after reports suggesting the contrary https://t.co/D1lI45BaQQ
