Trump Cards
The staff meeting in Aberdeen this morning was dominated by talk of Donald Trump and the local council's decision to reject his "billion pound plan" for a hotel, golf course and luxury houses. This seems to have divided opinion, although the team producing our Out of Doors programme tell me they had about 300 calls on the subject on Saturday and 99% of them supported the council.
That may be because Out of Doors attracts the kind of listeners who tend to favour natural heritage over big business. The local newspaper, the , tends to suggest that most people in Aberdeen think Donald Trump should have been given planning permission.
In times like these one has to fall back on the everyman wisdom of local taxi drivers. The one who picked me up from our Beechgrove studios was driving a huge silver Mercedes. It looked so plush that I felt guilty climbing inside it, but the driver told me he specialises in fares for local oil industry executives which pays enough for him to avoid the Saturday night "sick in the back of the car" clientele.
So, what did he think of the Trump decision?
"I think the council have made a big mistake," he told me, "and I don't even play golf."
Wise words?
