There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES

WITH the SNP wasting time in Holyrood debating what flags should fly in Edinburgh, we are faced with a Tory majority that can now implement any policy it wants when we need to develop a real strategy for democracy not just in Scotland but across Britain.
Debating flags is a distraction of epic proportions, when we need to be talking about real class issues.
Since the ’80s the country has become deindustrialised. Labour had 13 years in power and did nothing to rebuild or even protect the industrial areas destroyed by Thatcher. At its peril it ignored these industrial areas and did nothing to redress the balance of power or wealth.



