As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Humza Yousaf: a bad start
The new First Minister may have inherited a mess not of his making, but that only compounds his incredibly weak commitment to progressive reform and generally poor helmsmanship, writes CAROL MOCHAN MSP
It is well known that Humza Yousaf was Nicola Sturgeon’s chosen successor, even if that decision may have been forced on her by having no other real choice, but there can be no doubt that the new man has little of the gravitas or impact of his predecessor.
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
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We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
IT has been all change among the elite of Scottish politics lately. During a tempest of scandal and declining support, the SNP have a new leader and Scotland has a new First Minister — but the fundamental contradictions in our society and economy remain the same.
The anointed prince is of course Humza Yousaf — and he has gotten off to a bumpy start, to say the least.
Yousaf has been a regular fixture in key positions at the top of the Scottish government since Nicola Sturgeon rose to power following the failed 2014 independence campaign. Always in favour within his party, the public reception has been less adoring, and it would be fair to say that his record as cabinet secretary for health, and before that, covering the justice portfolio, was more than a bit suspect.
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