SOLOMON HUGHES highlights a 1995 Sunday Times story about the disappearance of ‘defecting Iraqi nuclear scientist.’ Even though the story was debunked, it was widely repeated across the mainstream press, creating the false – and deadly – narrative of Iraqi WMD that eventually led to war
‘The poisonous culture in Scottish Labour has been utterly dreadful’
MSP NEIL FINDLAY talks to the Morning Star on the causes of Richard Leonard’s resignation – and the risk of the party pursuing a ‘hard-unionist’ strategy now he’s gone

LOTHIAN MSP Neil Findlay hasn’t minced his words following Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard’s resignation on Thursday.
On BBC Scotland he savaged members of the party’s Scottish parliamentary group for “absolutely appalling behaviour” and having sought to undermine Leonard’s leadership from the very beginning.
“These flinching cowards make me sick,” he tweeted.
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