Indyref2: Sturgeon warned Scotland would 'suffer' by Miklinski<\/p>\n
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has resumed calls for a second referendum for Scottish Independence in recent months. With a No-Deal Brexit looming, the leader raised her concerns about the nations stance within the European Union. In a previous demand to breakaway from Britain, the dictator Idi Amin sent a threatening letter to Her Majesty to demand for freedom.<\/p>\n
Amin served as the President of Uganda for eight years from 1971, when he quickly became known as the Butcher for his deplorably brutal tactics.<\/p>\n
Before his rise to power, he was a trainee cook in the Kings African Rifles battalion and later enlisted as a private in 1946.<\/p>\n
He grew fond of Scotland during his time in the army after being taught to play the bagpipes by the militarys pop major.<\/p>\n
Chris Mikul, author of My Favourite Dictators, claimed that Amin was often seen wearing a kilt and tartan forage cap after that point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
His notorious rise to power happened after Uganda gained independence from Britain in 1962.<\/p>\n
Amin took over as President nine years later and was described as the biggest buffoon on the world stage.<\/p>\n
He gained a reputation for barbaric torture methods and brutality, which led to the deaths of between 300,000 and 500,000 people during his reign.<\/p>\n
Before he rose to power, a British officer was reported to have described the 6ft 4in recruit as virtually bone from the neck up.<\/p>\n
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He claimed that Amin needed things explained in words of one letter due to his poor education and lack of English.<\/p>\n
Despite this, Mr Mikul claimed that the Kings African Rifles loved him because he was strong as an ox, fiercely loyal to his superiors and funny.<\/p>\n
Years later, Amin lunched with Prime Minister Edward Heath and also dined with the Queen at Buckingham Palace according to Mr Mikul.<\/p>\n
During his trip to the UK, Mr Mikul claimed that Amin also visited his beloved Scotland and felt connected to the nation.<\/p>\n
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After Amin became President in 1971, he sent a number of surprising messages to world leaders including the Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere.<\/p>\n
He wrote: I love you very much and if you were a woman I would even consider marrying you, although you have grey hairs on your head.<\/p>\n
Not only that, he sent a fiery message to The Queen about Scottish Independence, where he boasted: Many of the Scottish people already consider me King of the Scots.<\/p>\n
I am the first man to ask the British government to end their oppression of Scotland. If the Scots want me to be their King, I will.<\/p>\n
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In another surprising move, he announced the formation of a Save Britain Fund.<\/p>\n
Mr Mikul recounted: At one point, he sent a cable to Prime Minister Health urging him to send a pane to pick up some wheat and vegetables collected by farms before it goes bad.<\/p>\n
In 1978, Amins troops mutinied and fighting broke out along the Ugandan-Tanzanian border.<\/p>\n
Later he was forced to flee into exile, where he lived between Libya and Saudi Arabia until his death related to kidney failure in 2003.<\/p>\n
Chris Mikuls book My Favourite Dictators was published by HeadPress in 2019 and is available here.<\/p>\n
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