IT’S A TELLING contrast that while Theresa May is in Saudi Arabia trying to secure further arms deals with the Saudi regime, ignoring their appalling use of illegal cluster munitions in Yemen, Scotland’s First Minister is in the USA promoting trade, investment, tourism and innovation.
Within hours Nicola Sturgeon secured investment of £6.3m from three separate US firms.
Hours later she signed a joint agreement on tackling climate change with the Governor of California and after a series of key meetings on trade and investment in Scotland, she will address an audience of esteemed US academics, where she’ll talk about Scotland’s place in the world. For my part, I have spent the week in the United Arab Emirates as part of a parliamentary delegation to visit political and business lead ers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.