RUBEN BRETT of Liberation explains why the narratives we hear about the poverty-stricken Caribbean nation are deeply misleading
The crime we should really be hating is incompetence
They have done it again, laments STEPHEN LOW, as the Scottish government passes another intrusive Act, this time on ‘hate crimes,’ that seems so unworkable even those announcing it could not describe it accurately
IT DOESN’T take Malcolm Tucker levels of spin doctor sophistication to work out that April Fools Day might not be the date to bring in a controversial new law.
Equally, the famed fictional communications director might have ensured that the minister concerned could describe the new statute accurately when in a TV or radio studio, rather than getting it wrong, repeatedly, for three days.
This is Scotland though, where our legislators prefer drama to detail and, when it comes to the laws they make, care more about the pose than the product.
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