With its track record of leveraging cultural power for US gain and barely concealed promotion of coup attempts, the US Agency for International Development will not be mourned among the US’s southern neighbours, write JOHN PERRY and ROGER D HARRIS
A crackdown fit for a king
With the number of republicans growing, the Establishment is taking no chances with the coronation — the ensuing abuse of our rights is somehow painfully apt for such an ignoble event, writes DAWN EVANS
KEITH FLETT looks back 50 years to when the Iron Lady was elected Tory leader…
Social security is lagging further and further behind inflation and our government quite simply does not care, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH agues that much as social media are presently guilty of fanning hostilities, the roots of it lie with decades of xenophobic narratives peddled by politicians and the traditional media
ESTHER, from Nordic Model Now! explains how decriminalisation of prostitution, rendering it just another form of ‘work’, would undermine the Equality Act 2010
As a partial successor to the post-war Marshall Plan, USAid is not simply a humanitarian aid programme, but is involved in projecting US power as an instrument of foreign policy, argues NICK WRIGHT
Locals have been let down by procrastination over the upgrade to Ardrossan Harbour, says KATY CLARK MSP
HERE we go again. Well, at least this time there hasn’t been the interminable 12 never-ending days of wall-to-wall, no-escape, sycophantic coverage as there was last September following the previous monarch’s demise.
Nevertheless, the fake smiles and public-persona masks of the medal-festooned royals will get another airing amongst their diminishing devotees.
And this time an extra treat: we will be honoured with a glimpse of the bejewelled crown itself, estimated to be valued at around £5 billion.
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