David Straiton.





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Scotland—A Proud Nation?? Hail Caledonia..

A PROPOSED TRADE MISSION.

This past week the media down here has been engaged in unrestrained and habitual approbation of things royal. I refer to the visit of Prince Harry to countries in the Caribbean and South America. The purpose of these highly publicized events was linked to the “OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE” celebrations of the English Queen’s diamond jubilee. His visits were also used as propaganda on behalf of a trade mission promoting British (English) business interests..

My purpose in writing this missive is to advocate the commission of a Scottish trade delegation to be treated with the greatest of urgency to follow in the footsteps of the English equivalent, with emphasis in contacting our “FRIENDS” in Argentina and Brazil. This would represent a logical step to take after the splendid establishment of good relations with China and India; the two South American countries are rated highly as future dynamic economies, who have both weathered the storm of the “Financial Tsunami” which has hit the rest of the world these past several years

I recently posted a message on my status about the wonderful book written by Billy Kay----“The Scottish World”, he writes copiously about the Scottish Diaspora. Normally when we discuss this subject we immediately think America, Australia, and Canada etc...Billy in his travels has charted a course through countries we would never dream of associating with the Diaspora. Examples are Argentina and Brazil, I won’t go into detail, but be assured that both countries have benefited greatly from the influence of good Scottish people throughout history. Therefore there is absolutely every chance that in these two countries our approaches” especially handled with Alex’s propensity toward diplomatic skills,” would be looked on with perhaps preferential treatment.

A quick rider to the above, I may be a bit late in my proposition; I would not really mind ;it would mean the subject had already been addressed.