Month: May 2019

My new book has just been published by Vagabond Voices.  Containing the best articles from The National from 2016 to date.  Weighing in at over 350 pages, this is the ...

More than 200 British citizens in Glasgow underwent spot checks by immigration officers in 21 months, prompting claims the Home Office has been conducting racial profiling as part of the ...

There’s been an outbreak of pearl clutching in the British nationalist press in Scotland over the past few days. Not because David Mundell and Ruth Davidson have unilaterally ripped up ...

In the Cartoon of the Week, Lorna Miller looks at Nigel Farage and the millions he has received from Arron Banks, as he visits Edinburgh on Friday TO VIEW the last Cartoon of ...

CommonSpace is interviewing political commentators from different perspectives on the EU ahead of European elections on 23 May. In the second interview, CS speaks to Marina Prentoulis, Senior Lecturer in ...

The Scottish Government decided not to hold a public inquiry on police infiltration activities in 2018 Report finds undercover officers made repeated trips to Scotland, including with women who were ...

Grassroots group demands action against unlawful short term lets in the capital ahead of council report Protecting Liveable, Affordable Communities in Edinburgh (Place) argue a new, stricter licensing system for short-term ...

Gove claimed the challenge of climate change showed the benefits of the union, despite the Scottish Government’s emissions reduction ambition exceeding that of the UK Government’s Secretary of State for ...

Campaigners set to encourage other councils to pass motions similar to Renfrewshire Council’s Renfrewshire Council motion calls on Strathclyde Pension Fund to “work towards eliminating current and future financial exposure” ...