The grudging President also wants his two candidates to win the Senatorial election so that he might later use them against swearing-in Joe Biden on the 20th of this month.
Yesterday, both President Donald Trump and Joe Biden were in Georgia to rally behind their two chosen candidates respectively for their Senatorial contests.
But as it is known President Trump actually had another motive besides the electioneering campaign.
Also in furtherance of his efforts at not having Joe Biden sworn-in on the aforementioned day, he has reportedly made plans to jet-off to Scotland for a Gulf course.
And in addition to the reports from the official Twitter handle of Independent news platform the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has swiftly refused his entry there.
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Warding him off, according to @Independent , the Scottish Madame, however hinted that now is not the right time to play gulf as they are presently preparing for a new lockdown measure in Scotland. See the original Twitter posts below:
Well, I think this is simply a polite way to allow him entry into Scotland; hence they are not in support of what he is been up to.
Recent polls have shown consistent support for independence, boosted by rows between London and the devolved governments over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Another Scottish independence referendum should not take place for a generation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday, as Scotlandโs leader renewed calls for a fresh vote in the wake of Brexit.
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โReferendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events,โ the prime minister told BBCโs Andrew Marr Show.
โThey donโt have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once in a generation.โ
Scotland voted to remain part of the United Kingdom in 2014.
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Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon at the time called it a once-in-a-generation vote, but now argues that Britainโs departure from the European Union, which a majority of Scots opposed, has changed the game.
โFor too long, successive UK governments have taken Scotland in the wrong direction, culminating in Brexit. Itโs no wonder so many people in Scotland have had enough,โ she wrote on her partyโs website on Saturday.
โWe didnโt want to leave and we hope to join you again soon as an equal partner,โ she added, in a message to the EU.
Johnson has ruled out holding another vote, but Sturgeon will likely claim a mandate and heap pressure on the prime minister should her party perform well in upcoming local elections.
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When asked why it was fair to hold a referendum on EU membership but not another on Scottish independence, Johnson told Marr: โThe difference is we had a (European) referendum in 1975 and we then had another one in 2016.
โThat seems to be about the right sort of gap.โ
Investigators were seeking answers Thursday over why a train derailed in northeast Scotland, killing the driver, conductor and a passenger.
The 06:38 am passenger service from Aberdeen to Glasgow came off the tracks on Wednesday morning near the town of Stonehaven, which had been hit by flooding following heavy rain.
Six people were hospitalised with minor injuries and police said the train had fortunately not been busy, with media reports saying just 12 people were on board.
Aberdeen is subject to tighter coronavirus restrictions than the rest of Scotland due to a localised outbreak of COVID-19, with people advised not to travel to the city.
Government ministers were due to visit the site on Thursday and investigators are already picking through the debris, including the ashes of a fire that left four firefighters with minor injuries.
A landslip had been reported close to where the train derailed at 09:43 am (0843 GMT), and Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among those to suggest the weather might have played a part.
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โItโs probably a very good idea to look at the effect of substantial rainfall on all our vulnerable infrastructure everywhere,โ he told Sky News on Wednesday.
โAnd as I understand there was about a monthโs worth of rainfall in a very short period which undoubtedly aggravated the problem there.โ
However, he said it was up to investigators to determine what caused Britainโs first major derailment for 13 years and vowed to โmake sure nothing like this happens againโ.
Queen Elizabeth II, who is staying in her Scottish home of Balmoral around 50 miles away from Stonehaven, sent her condolences.
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Scotlandโs Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said he would meet members of the emergency services in Stonehaven, saying they had faced โsignificant challengesโ at the site.
He told BBC Radio Scotland that changing weather patterns posed difficulties across the railways.
โThe rail networks are experiencing increasing challenges across different parts of the routes, not just here in Scotland but across the UK, due to what is an increasing number of very intense localised weather events that have a significant impact on the infrastructure,โ he said.
Britainโs last major rail derailment was in 2007 in Cumbria, in northwest England, which left one passenger dead and 30 others injured.
Nigeriaโs teenage golf sensation, Georgia Oboh, has been invited to compete at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open taking place next month, Aug 13 โ 16 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick.
This comes as professional womenโs golf returns to Scotland for the first time since Europeโs remarkable triumph in the 2019 Solheim Cup last September.
Oboh, the first Nigerian golfer to win her card on the Ladies European Tour (LET), was selected for a coveted tournament invite by the title sponsor, both for the accolades she has received in her short professional career and to provide inspiration and opportunities for the next generation of talented women to participate in events of this importance.
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The invitation excites the 19-year-old Nigerian golfer.
In her reaction, the teenage golf sensation said, โIโm really grateful to receive this invitation into such an important event on the LET and LPGA Tours.
โI have been working very hard to be ready to play amongst so many of the worldโs best players and I think it will give me invaluable experience as I work towards achieving my dream of being the first Nigerian to win on the professional golf circuit.โ
The other beneficiary of the final two invitations is Scotlandโs Gemma Dryburgh.
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Dryburgh is Scotlandโs highest-ranked player at No.227 on the Rolex Rankings and, with two back to back wins on the recent Rose Ladies Series, she has undoubtedly proven herself to be Britainโs most in-form player.
Clearly thrilled to be given the opportunity to compete at home, Dryburgh appreciated the sponsors for the opportunity to feature.
She said, โI would have hated not being able to play in what is one of my favourite events of the year, especially when I have been playing so well lately.
โI know that Aberdeen Standard Investments, Visit Scotland and IMG have had to work really hard to put all the health and safety protocols in place to ensure the tournament can go ahead and we are all very grateful and excited to get back to The Renaissance Club.โ
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The organisers are thrilled to welcome Gemma and Georgia into the Ladies Scottish Open field and Jill Maxwell, Head of Brand Activation explained the reason for the selection in a statement.
Maxwell said, โGemma has been in hot form of late and inviting Georgia as one of the highest-ranked African golfers means that our sponsorship of the Ladies Scottish Open is an opportunity for the development of talented players and that golf, as a sport, is increasingly accessible to everyone.
โBoth Gemma and Georgia are great female role models, paving the way for other girls from all backgrounds to achieve their dreams too.โ
The field for the 2020 event is even stronger than last year with three of the worldโs top 10 ranked players on the Rolex Womenโs World Golf Rankings in the field โ Japanโs Nasa Hataoka (No.4), Americaโs Danielle Kang (No.5), and Australiaโs Minjee Lee (No.8).
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There are 22 players ranked within the Worldโs Top 50, seven of the top 10 players currently leading the LPGA Race to CME and all of the top 20 on the final 2019 LET Order of Merit.
The other two tournament invitations were awarded last week to Japanโs Hinako Shibuno, the AIG Womenโs Openโs defending Champion and Scotlandโs Catriona Matthew, a two-time winner of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open in 2011 and 2013, and a Womenโs British Open winner in 2009.
The decision to move forward with the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open was taken only once organisers and stakeholders could ensure delivery of an event with all relevant safeguarding and protocols in place.
The tournament has a robust operational plan, which has been established with medical and health and safety specialists to make sure that all appropriate measures were in place and met the high standards required by the Scottish Government, as well as adhering to all World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence, despite an apparent surge in support for a breakaway.
Scots voted to maintain the status quo by 55 percent to 45 percent in 2014, in what even the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) agreed was a โonce-in-a-generationโ vote.
But spurred by tensions between London and Edinburgh over Britainโs departure from the European Union, and political and personal differences, the issue refuses to go away.
Polling now suggests a majority of Scots are in favour of going it alone, and breaking up the more than three-centuries-old union with England.
Conservative party leader Johnson, however, reaffirmed that the UK parliament would not approve powers for the Scottish Parliament to hold a new vote.
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โThe union is a fantastically strong institution. It has helped us through thick and thin,โ he said on a visit to Orkney, off Scotlandโs far northeast coast.
โWe had a referendum on breaking up the unionโฆ only six years ago. That is not a generation by any computation.
โWhat people really want to do is to see our whole country coming back stronger, together, and thatโs what weโre going to do.โ
The coronavirus outbreak, which has led to more than 45,000 deaths across the country, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeonโs more cautious approach have fuelled the debate.
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Majority for independence Earlier this month, polling group Panelbase said a record 54 percent of Scots were in favour of independence. An average of polls in the last six months put support on 51 percent.
Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Johnsonโs decision was โoutrageousโ Photo: Getty Images
SNP leader Sturgeonโs approval ratings soared to 60 percent โ well above that for Johnson, who has been accused of not acting fast enough to curb the spread of the virus.
Sturgeon and Johnson were not scheduled to meet but she said his visit, which included a stop to talk to crab fishermen, underscored the need for independence.
โOne of the key arguments for independence is the ability of Scotland to take our own decisions, rather than having our future decided by politicians we didnโt vote for, taking us down a path that we havenโt chosen,โ she tweeted.
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The main thrust of Sturgeonโs push for a new vote is that a majority of Scots did not vote for Brexit, which changed the fundamental nature of the relationship with England.
But Johnson said the strength of the union, which dates from 1707, had been shown to be effective in the coronavirus response.
The issue is unlikely to go away, with warnings of dire economic consequences both from the coronavirus shutdown and Brexit if no trade deal can be agreed with the EU.
The SNP strengthened its position in Scotland in last Decemberโs general election, and is expected to cement its majority in the Scottish Parliament at elections in May.
