Scottish leaders should rescue Trump golf plans: MPs

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LONDON (AFP) — The Scottish government should rescue plans by US tycoon Donald Trump for a luxury golf resort by over-ruling a council vote blocking the project, lawmakers said Wednesday.

First Minister Alex Salmond, reportedly angry at the rejection of the one-billion-pound (two-billion-dollar, 1.4-billion-euro) project, invoked rarely-used rules to broach the issue with ministers and national lawmakers.

The matter, rejected by a local council committee last week, was discussed Wednesday by the economy, energy and tourism committee of the Scottish Assembly in Edinburgh.

"I'm very concerned that if this development doesn't go ahead, it's going to deliver an international message that Scotland is not the kind of place to come and invest in," said Aberdeen...