Hospitality workers put politicians to shame
As the mainstream party leaders trade forgettable platitudes, fired-up hospitality workers in Glasgow raised vital funds for Palestinian medics — and are building a workers’ co-op, reports MATT KERR
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
WHILE most have only had to endure one leaders’ debate so far, here in Scotland, we have had two already.
On Monday, four middle-aged men, representing Labour, Tories, SNP and the Liberal Democrats, took to television, feathers fully fluffed, to display their utter lack of ideas of even basic debating skills in a bizarre courtship ritual with the electorate that didn’t offer them so much as a twig.
I missed it, but came back to it later for the purposes of science and this paper. While it was going on, I was at St Luke’s to see a different kind of display.
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Mismanagement, privatisation and EU rules have strangled vital ferry services, leaving Scotland’s island communities stranded and the once-bustling ports of my youth in what feels like terminal decline, laments MATT KERR
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