SOLOMON HUGHES finds the government went along with a US scheme to distract from Israel’s lethal Gaza blockade with an impractical floating pier scheme – though its own officials knew it wouldn’t work
The SNP-Tory alliance’s obstruction of anti-virus measures puts the public in danger
The people of Scotland rely on their Parliament to make the right choices in this time of national crisis, not block assistance to the vulnerable, writes RICHARD LEONARD
Historically the framework of that expulsion of Palestinians was predicated on the use of war as a pretext, as opposed to war as a response to Palestinian resistance, writes RAMZY BAROUD
VICTORIA HOLMES salutes the brave stand being taken by Palestine Action hunger-strikers in British prisons, and explains their demands
SYMON HILL looks at Tommy Robinson’s bid to use Christmas to spread division and hate — and reminds us that’s the opposite of Jesus’s message
CAMERON HARRISON and CJ ATKINS analyse the White House’s new strategy in detail
DENNIS BROE says media ownership is not only grossly concentrated in the US, Britain and France – new mergers are advancing the power of the rich to censor the news
MANY members of the Scottish Parliament, alongside liberal-minded commentators in Scotland’s press, like to congratulate themselves with the idea that the Scottish Parliament is more co-operative and respectful than Westminster — and also more socially progressive.
But in recent weeks we have seen that Holyrood has a real capacity for bad behaviour and “small-c” conservatism.
When Scottish Labour laid amendments to the government’s emergency Covid-19 legislation last week, it could have been a prime opportunity for the SNP government to put its rhetoric about co-operation and national consensus into reality.
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