The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Gloag gets her gong
Scotland's richest woman receiving a New Year's Honour despite her dumping hundreds of workers on the dole is no surprise in this rotten system, writes CONRAD LANDIN
Ann Gloag
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
“THERE is nothin’ like a dame, nothin’ in the world,” or so they say.
In the British honours system, there is in fact something quite alike – a knight, the male equivalent of the Order of the British Empire’s top award.
So you might hail the damehood for Ann Gloag as a step forward for gender equality. After all, her brother Brian Souter, with whom she founded the transport giant Stagecoach, was controversially knighted in 2011.
Why the uproar back then? Souter is also known for having bankrolled the campaign to defend Section 28, the Tory law which prohibited the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools, from repeal by New Labour.
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