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On Wednesday MPs were due to debate and vote upon an SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza describing the wanton slaughter of Palestinians by the misnamed Israeli ‘Defence’ Forces as collective punishment, which constitutes a war crime under international law. Starmer refused to support the SNP motion because…
A Business for Scotland proposal to ring fence oil taxes for investment is now SNP policy
Many Scots are angry that the profits from the exploitation of Scotland’s oil for the last 50 years have gone south. There is little to show for the oil boom in Aberdeen and other areas where they were extracted. For years Business for Scotland has argued that the oil and gas companies who exploit this […] Source
Moray Join the Dots to shine spotlight on wellbeing, technology and climate action
Glasgow: Scottish vinyl pressing plant launches new crowdfunder
WATCH: First Minister denies A96 dualling 2030 deadline was scrapped years ago, claims ‘we were always upfront’
Adam chosen to lead Scottish Parliament Human Rights Committee
Labour in Scotland: Lying for votes
The Labour party’s Scottish accounting unit held its spring conference in Glasgow over the weekend, an event mainly focused on creating the fiction that the Labour party in Scotland is is distinct entity with a political identity and policies distinct from those of the UK Labour party in the iron grip…
This is Rigged in Holyrood Palace
Today nine people with This Is Rigged , carrying flags and banners, have staged a sit-in in the royal dining room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The group currently remains in place and is eating food. At 1.15 PM on the 19th of February, 9 people with the direct action campaign ‘This Is […] Source
Jobs at risk as unique Scottish technology firm goes bust
Popular hotel and pub in historic Scottish village for sale
Ofcom bins BrewDog complaint over BBC documentary on Scottish firm
SNP attack ‘aggressive’ Labour windfall tax proposals
The Art and Uses of Lying: Or, a short introduction to contemporary British Public Life
Henry Staunton, past Chairman of the Post Office (sacked by Kemi Badenoch, the Business Minister, and self-righteous prig) claims he was told to stall Post Office payouts, so the government cold “limp into” the election: “‘Early on, I was told by a fairly senior person to stall on spend on compensation and on the replacement […] Source
Upturned Boats and the Hyper Banal
Increasingly Britain looks like Absurdistan, a bizarre dysfunctional place where the centrist political parties converge on doing nothing about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and share a dismal economic outlook as Britain heads again into recession. Take a glance at the chaos of the Rochdale byelection or the manic debate about naming the London Overground […] Source