Ignore Trump at your peril

It is really unfortunate that Trump is such a figure of hate because some of what he says is true. In particular, he is the only one Calton has heard, aside from himself, who is pointing out the futility of Scotland trying to reduce carbon emissions while China is busy increasing them (and profiting by selling Scotland the steel for the new Forth crossing). Some of Trump's comments are, admittedly, OTT, however Calton is dismayed to hear the old 'nobody's going to tell us what to do' sort of response being made by Scots. We do ourselves no favours by refusing to listen to someone just because we don't like his hairdo (and perhaps are jealous of the fact that he is a billionaire). We need inward investment and, while that doesn't mean we should toady to those with money (Alex take note), we do need to recognise that they have expertise which we can maybe learn from (otherwise they wouldn't be rich). Let's not be stupid about this. Please.