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One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
THERE is no such thing as an inevitability in politics — but with a Tory Party seemingly committed to the most slapstick election campaign we have ever seen and ministers doing everything they can to avoid being seen anywhere near a television camera, it is fair to say that the Conservative Party will not have the confidence of the country following July 4.
I hope, and indeed believe, that this will usher in a Labour majority government for the first time in 14 years — but in order to ensure that we need to see a considerable return of Scottish Labour MPs.
The polls suggest that this is more than possible, but we are looking at many knife-edge results all across Scotland. The choice therefore is between more of the same or new voices that will have the weight of a potential majority government behind them. Just a couple of percentage points could be the difference between five Scottish Labour MPs or 25 Scottish Labour MPs.
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