The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
Brexit is a chance to for a better relationship between the Scottish and English parliaments
Regardless of the Brexit outcome, it is important that the UK looks at its constitution from top to bottom, or better still from bottom to top, writes PAULINE BRYAN
Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
MARK SEDDON tries to cool off in the countryside to avoid the heatwaves but the greed and incompetence of the privatised water industry is now at boiling point
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
LOCAL authorities across the UK are being starved of funding but also have a list of statutory duties.
Councils in Scotland have fared no better. The traditional powers excised by local government over decades have not been safeguarded.
The Scottish government is bypassing local authorities, and in the name of giving more powers to head teachers, taking more direct control of schools, which effectively takes education out of local democratic control.
This follows the centralisation of Fire and Rescue and Police Scotland.
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