Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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The Scottish gender reform Bill is unworkable, unpopular and could impinge on reserved law with harmful results for women and girls. Labour should support the application of S33 and 35 of the Scotland Act to prevent it passing into law, argues ANN HENDERSON
A view of the Scottish Parliament building
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
AT THE opening ceremony for the new Scottish Parliament building on October 9 2004, the message in Edwin Morgan’s poem “Open the Doors! Light of the day shine in; Light of the mind, shine out” took centre stage.
A mood of optimism, of political confidence, and of a parliament which engaged fully with the citizens of Scotland, filled that new home for the Parliament.
We had moved from the temporary accommodation which had been the Parliament’s home since 1999, and there was still an enthusiasm for doing politics better than in the past.
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