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AN activist is angry that he has been charged with a race crime for displaying a banner reading ‘England Stay Out of Scotland’ to stop the spread of Covid-19. Serial protester Sean Clerkin led a small number of activists from the grassroots Action for Scotland group who staged the protest at Edinburgh Airport in August and campaigned to close borders in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. The group claimed that “irresponsible” English tourists are putting the country s attempts to contain Covid-19 in Scotland at risk and carried out demonstrations around Scotland. The charge came after Edinburgh Airport hit out at the activists who staged a protest on its grounds demanding English tourists do not travel to Scotland because of the rise of cases south of the border – branding their actions as ‘despicable’.
Updated: 24 Apr 2021, 22:26
AN indy activist exposed for producing deadly legal highs is flying the flag for Alex Salmond’s Alba Party as an election campaign organiser, we can reveal.
Dave Llewellyn, 59, posed for a snap with the former First Minister as he raised a saltire at a manifesto launch event.
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Dave Llewellyn is a election campaign organiser for the Alba PartyCredit: Tom Farmer - Commissioned by The Sun Glasgow
The ex-chemist has also appeared at other photo ops for the party and shared pics and videos of himself waving flags and placards ahead of the May 6 Holyrood election.
The veteran activist previously made and sold so-called “zombie” drugs from his base in Antwerp, Belgium shipping them to the UK before they were banned in 2016.
Hawke s Bay horticulturists at a crossroads: We re ploughing ahead blind
8 Apr, 2021 10:05 PM
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Those in the horticulture industry says it s the smaller growers who have been hardest hit by the labour shortage. Photo / Warren Buckland
Those in the horticulture industry says it s the smaller growers who have been hardest hit by the labour shortage. Photo / Warren Buckland
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Those in the horticulture industry says it s the smaller growers who have been hardest hit by the labour shortage. Photo / Warren Buckland Hawke s Bay s horticulture sector finds itself at a crossroads as a result of labour shortages.
And whichever path it chooses, it s the little guys who will be left behind, those in the industry say.
The effects of the Government s policy to limit the number of exemptions for Registered Seasonal Employers (RSE) workers, mainly from the Pacific Islands, this year to just 2000 due to border closures had now hit home for growers. Government initiatives to attract kiwis had not proved effective, he said. “With the best intentions they have called it horribly wrong and our region is going to suffer the consequences. As a business owner you’re better off to be a little bit smaller and get the job done, rather than sticking your neck out and losing a lot,” Paynter said.
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