The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
Scottish politics enters a new era – but what does it signify?
A new coalition government between the SNP and the Scottish Greens poses questions about whether we’ll ever see radical change, says CAROL MOCHAN MSP

THIS week will see a new coalition government at Holyrood. A lopsided coalition, but a historic one nonetheless.
Whether the Scottish Green Party will break the habit of a lifetime and actually challenge the SNP on any significant issues remains to be seen, but it is to be welcomed that one-party dominance of the Scottish Parliament has been diluted. After all, that was one aspect of what it was set up to achieve.
The original vision of a reconstituted Scottish Parliament was a purposeful one and though there may have been cynical reasons for and against on both sides, the eventual consensus arrived at was a productive step forward.
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