Calum Paton

Follower of Jesus. Husband to one. Father of three. Pastor in Paisley.

[Aldi Stores UK @AldiUK]

You sound like our legal team

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@ChrisCartw Amen

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@graceforprize @mbird12 @megbasham What an utter load of arrogant nonsense.

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@NateAFischer @mbird12 @megbasham Your lack of care is exactly the problem.

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@BBCSport Thanks for sharing your opinion… I think the whole thing was creepy as hell

[Calum Paton @CalumPaton]

‘Her mother and father laboured as devout Scottish Christians in India. Sadly, it appears, their talented daughter is not allowed to express her faith in her native land.’

[David Robertson @theweeflea]

The Indian Council of Scotland
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Statement:
It is with increased discomfort we view the unseemly language being used to denigrate Kate Forbes MSP – a potential candidate for the office of First Minister.
Let me be very clear; I am not a Scottish nationalist and do not support the fragmenting of the United Kingdom. But that does not prevent me, nor the Indian Councils of Scotland and the United Kingdom, from expressing our collective disgust at the language used to mis-characterise a young, Scottish Protestant, Kate Forbes.
She is in our view, doing her utmost as a devout Christian, to adhere to the teachings of her Saviour.
I have never met Ms Forbes – but I understand her family distinguished themselves in India. Her father worked as an accountant managing the finances of a group of Christian mission hospitals which ensured people living in poverty were able to access free health care.
For that alone, the Indian Councils of Scotland and the United Kingdom, salute the Forbes family.
As a child in India – we know Ms Forbes will have been imbued with a deep love and affection for the people of India, their traditions, religions, and varying social and economic circumstances.
Are some members of her own party and the extremists of the Green party really saying a young Highland lady, and a follower of Jesus Christ, is not fit to hold the highest office in devolved Scotland?
If every other faith was subjected to the scrutiny and opprobrium Ms Forbes and her Church is subjected to – few would be deemed fit for office by the secular ‘religious police’.
Religious intolerance blights our society - and what has been said and written about Ms Forbes, shames us all. I am not from her religious tradition, but I commend her honesty and the uncomplicated simplicity of her Christian faith. Her mother and father laboured as devout Scottish Christians in India. Sadly, it appears, their talented daughter is not allowed to express her faith in her native land.
I’ll finish this note with a quote from Kate Forbes, speaking on the BBC, she said:
“I believe in the person of Jesus Christ, I believe He died for me, He saved me and that my calling is to serve and to love Him and to serve and love my neighbours with all my heart and soul and mind and strength. So that, for me, is essential to my being. Politics will pass. I was a person before I was a politician, and that person will continue to believe that I am made in the image of God.”
Neil Lal
Chairman and President
of
The Indian Council of Scotland and United Kingdom

[Calum Paton @CalumPaton]

Maybe it’s you who is out of step with modern Scotland. 26% of the public say she would be the best First Minister compared to John Swinney at 20%. Maybe modern Scotland is looking for a shred of integrity from politicians and from journalists who write take downs for the Times.

[Kenny Farquharson @KennyFarq]

NEW: Whoever leads Scotland next, it can’t be Kate Forbes

My column in @thetimes

https://t.co/jYqVwAwxfZ

[Calum Paton @CalumPaton]

@afneil I think Humza and the government in Scotland are still waiting to be briefed on how to build a ferry…

[Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser]

When ⁦@TheScotsman⁩ asked ⁦@PoliceScotland⁩ why they recorded a ‘hate incident’ against me and not ⁦@HumzaYousaf⁩, they said ‘we have nothing to add’.
Are these serious people or bungling amateurs?
Best lawyer up chaps. I’m coming for you https://t.co/TPT7gEaszY

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Looks like complaints lodged under Scotland’s new “hate crime” law flooded in to overwhelmed police at rate of one every 90 seconds in first 48 hours of implementation. Expected to top 4,000 today in total so far. Is Scotland really such a cesspit of hate? Or is the new law just a Clype’s Charter for pathetic keyboard warriors?
First Minister Humza Yousaf pips JK Rowling in race to accumulate most complaints against an individual (talk about being hoist by your own petard!).
SNP ministers appear on radio/TV to explain how law works — and get it wrong.
Police say no action to be taken against Yousaf or Rowling. But who is being logged for so-called “non-crime hate incidents” remains a mystery. Police accused of making it up as they go along.
But this is not just your run-of-the-mill SNP shambles. This is an SNP-Labour-Green-LibDem shambles, the sort of cosy Scottish Left consensus that eschews proper scrutiny of new laws and results in bad laws being introduced.

[Calum Paton @CalumPaton]

@HTScotPol This kind of journalism is the reason I stopped reading the Herald years ago. You really are just rubbish now. It used to be a proper and respectable newspaper.

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Gordon Brown asked by Sky on whether he will do a Cameron-style comeback: “I’m too old to be a British politician and too young to be an American politician.”

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@alexmassie Went to see the Wonka film today. They were both excellent in it.

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@BBCNews Here was I thinking one of the benefits of long covid would be the ability to enjoy cornflakes.

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I absolutely love this story

[Michael Wear @MichaelRWear]

What an incredibly powerful video

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I’m rereading Kershaw’s second biography of Hitler and have been struck again by the speed at which anti-semitism can grow from a small flame into a raging fire. Praying for Jews across the world today.

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@djohnsonmsp If you’re using outlook, you’re probably still using Windows 95 and a dial up connection.

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@BBCDavidWL It honestly feels that the real crime here was EE charging these amounts for the data.

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@andreajenkyns I genuinely thought that this letter was a fake from a parody account

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@RevJohnJames His commentary on the psalms is my favourite - he’s a fantastic writer and thinker