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IT IS good to know that in these straightened times when millions face destitution and penury as a result of ideological brutality and arrogance that at least we can rely on our elected representatives to tighten their belts in solidarity.
Thus it came as something of a shock when it emerged that those principled types at Westminster were facing questions about hundreds of thousands of pounds A YEAR in expenses for jaunts to meet foreign counterparts.
Our pols have run up eye-watering bills attending sessions of the Council of Europe, Nato and other such bodies.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK