Category: Scotland
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Cost Of Living Crisis in Rich Britain
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the cost-of-living crisis in the 5th richest country in the world according to GDP. In my previous columns I have tackled specific aspects of the state of this country since 2010 and the deliberate and callous attitude…
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Priti Patel’s Immoral Asylum and Refugee Policy
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s Priti Patel’s racist and illegal policy to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda. Its mind blowing to see the brazen attitude the Tories have taken despite the party…
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What is the Good Food Nation Bill? Part II
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the good food nation bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament last year in this final part of his two-part column. In my previous column I wrote about what the “Good Food Nation Bill” is and when and…
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Western Hypocrisy to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the blatant hypocrisy and racism of the western media on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. For the first time since the 9/11 terrorist atrocities committed in…
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What is the Good Food Nation Bill?
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the good food nation bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament last year in a two-part series. Last Sunday I was invited to be part of the BBC Radio 4 “The Food Programme”. You Can Cook along with…
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Energy Price Rise Pushes Many Into Abject Poverty
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s the cost-of-living crisis due to a steep hike in energy prices. What a rollercoaster ride British citizens have been on since Brexit, covid-19 and now the fatal…
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Priti Patel’s Evil Legislation Passes House of Commons Vote
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week it’s The Nationality and Borders Bill. The Nationality and Borders Bill – which is a series of regulations spearheaded by Home Secretary Priti Patel has cleared the House…
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Is Being Vegan the Future?
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on veganism in a two-part series. Its 2022 and here is hoping this year gets better than the previous two years! The first part of this two-part column will focus on what is veganism and why it’s becoming…
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Covid-19: The Saga continues…
Having moved to Peebles in 2002, ‘Stooriefit’ Bosco Santimano gives us his own take on what he feels is the hot topic of the day. This week once again it’s Covid. It seems we are in a time warp and no matter what we do, can’t seem to get out of the vicious cycle humanity…
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COP26 Glasgow – A summary of the event
This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on what happened at the COP26 in Glasgow and the repercussions for humanity going forward. COP26 is now over and analysts are shifting through the small print of the documents that world leaders signed to help tackle climate…