Police Scotland has said that as many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around 5 November to deal with fireworks-related disorder, in the biggest police operation since the visit by President Donald Trump last year.
Colourful, brash and noisy, President Trump was in Scotland last July.
The W4 nations of whisky producers have agreed to release some of their strategic reserves. This should keep prices down, helping more consumers to numb the pain of extortionate diesel prices.
Scotland, Ireland, the US, and Canada made the announcement this week following threats of export bans which could have led to problems on world markets, where prices have been rising steadily.
‘Even Aldi’s budget whisky costs over £15 a litre now; at this rate it will soon be cost-effective to convert my diesel car to run on the stuff,' said someone who didn’t actually realise that whilst a petrol engine can theoretically run on whisky, a diesel one cannot, although the argument did sound plausible in the pub after a couple of pints.
Views across Scotland were mixed. Some felt that countries stopping whisky exports would ultimately damage their economies. Others said that it’s a travesty that anyone apart from the Scots is even allowed to make the stuff.
'A spokesman for the government said, ‘We’d love everyone to buy more whisky and less diesel. A mere 45% of what someone pays for diesel goes in tax, whereas with whisky it’s a whopping 85%.’
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