Missouri Governor Mike Parson: "As a former Sheriff, law enforcement officer for over 22 years, and now Governor, when it comes to supporting law enforcement officers and their families who are under attack, I'll always stand with President Trump and have their backs. Statements of opposition to defunding local police departments: President Trump stands with law enforcement and ensuring safe policing and safe communities. Joe Biden is an empty vessel, which the extreme left is using to carry their radical agenda. Further, the proposed destruction of qualified immunity for police in the Biden-Sanders platform would financially eviscerate local police departments in communities across the United States, effectively bankrupting and destroying them. This is cutting, or defunding, the police by any definition. He has clearly stated that he would "Yes! Absolutely!" redirect funding away from police to other budget areas. The media is bending over backwards to let Biden get away with playing with synonyms to give him a pass. President Trump is correct in his assessment that Joe Biden would defund the police. The Book The Kingdom of MacBrayne can be purchased on Amazon and the local bookshop in Bowmore.Biden: "Yes! Absolutely!" would decimate police departments Before the First World War there were 32 vessels in MacBrayne’s fleet, and they were just one operator. There was a time when the seaways off the west coast were unimaginably busy. These men represented a link to something very important in our past. David Ross from the Herald wrote a very nice book review called Tales we can all believe in:Ĭalmac’s story is a human tale, compelling to anyone who was brought up on tales of the intuitive genius and courage of MacBrayne’s skippers and their crews, with their nicknames: Squeaky Robertson, Hurricane Dan, Paraffin Dan and Polaris, the last so-called because he was reputed to be the only master to break radio silence at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. The book documents the arrival of motor-ships (in which David MacBrayne was a world leader) in the early 1900s. Emigrants, tourists, ordinary travellers and crew members, from engineers to pursers, speak of the ships and their impact on their world. The book explores the world of the early steamships, their successes and failures. It tells the story of David MacBrayne, his ships and his company. The foundation was made for a very succesful company, which is now fully owned by the Scottish government.Ī few years back a book was published about the history of MacBrayne called “The Kingdom of MacBrayne”. In the final months of the decade MacBrayne took over the Outer Isles run from Oban to Barra and South Uist. Throughout the late 1870’s and 80’s the MacBrayne empire continued to expand with a mail to Islay, Harris and North Uist from Skye. The fleet, which David Hutcheson & Co inherited, comprised eight paddle steamers and two track boats on the Crinan Canal Ardrishaig on the Clyde and the West Coast. The company at this time was called David Hutcheson & Co and had three partners – David Hutcheson, Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne. For many people the name Calmac is synonym to Scotland, islands, Hebrides and holiday!Ĭaledonian MacBrayne started life on the 10 February 1851 as a steamer company. It was on that trip that I spotted my first Minky Whale halfway between the mainland and Islay. The weather was beautiful, sky and sea were blue and we had a marvellous trip on the MV Isle of Arran. I still remember my first trip very well, it was during my honeymoon in 2004 when we sailed to Port Ellen on Islay from Kennacraig. Calmac is a familiar name for people who make use of their reliable ferry service. Kingdom of MacBrayne, a Book Review: Caledonian MacBrayne, or Calmac, is the ferry operator for the majority of islands off the Scottish west coast.
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