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I have been struck most by the fact that what matters fundamentally to people in rural Scotland does not really differ to what matters to people who live in urban areas. We all want a good environment to live in; security in our homes; the opportunity to bring up our families safely; a good education for our children...
It would not be legal to farm them if they were wild animals. Mink in the wild live on their own to protect their food source, but we are talking about animals that have been bred on farms over many generations and are used to farm conditions.
They receive incapacity benefit, industrial injuries disablement benefit and disability living allowance at higher rates for both the mobility and the care component.
Had there not been that break, people would not have used the morality argument and would have lived with the situation. I believe in the sanctity of a contract.
If you are backing off from what you said, you should have said that to "Holyrood Live". If that was a misinterpretation— We never said that in the first place.
I am the person closest to her in the world; the one who recognises her every change of expression and every sound of pain or pleasure. Doctors do not live with the side effects of powerful drugs—carers and their patients do."
That is a big decision, but it does not bother anyone who lives in Glasgow. The only people it affects are those who live around St James park and the people who play football there.