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

WHEN I was first asked to write for Voices of Scotland the brief centred around encouraging more people to read and discuss pieces from the Morning Star.
I have tried to do this and more, by asking fellow Labour members to review articles, having Morning Star papers at meetings and Morning Star articles as agenda items on committees, by sharing articles with non-political friends online and by having the newspaper in my car, home and workplace.
I was asked recently what should we fight the next general election on. It certainly wasn’t by a colleague at work or a close personal friend, that is not what they are talking about.

Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war


