Month: August 2019

By Russell Bruce The interests of centre politics in the UK and in its constituent nations might be served best by holding a hand out to those on the centre ...

Victims of sexual assaults have had to travel over 100 miles wearing the clothes they were attacked in before they can have forensic examinations, according to charities who say that ...

Honestly, readers, our job is like shooting fish in a barrel sometimes. Gosh, whoever would take such an unprincipled position? Oh yeah, we remember. But hey, let’s not forget this ...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has upset a lot of people within Labour in Scotland by remarking that the Westminster Parliament should respect the democratic choices of the people of ...

The efforts of departments in the Scottish Government to improve their freedom of information performance have been “disappointing”, according to Scotland’s information watchdog. The Scottish Information Commissioner, Daren Fitzhenry, has ...

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh, director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, speaks to CommonSpace ahead of his tour dates in Edinburgh and Glasgow this weekend (3 and 4 August) ...

Well that’s me back home now. I had a lovely time with my other half although when I was away I picked up a nasty cough and sore throat from ...

So a few quick thoughts about the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election result...* The big paradox is that the Liberal Democrats won, and they won essentially because they are a Remain ...

An environmentalist who highlights problems with Scotland’s fish farming industry has accused Police Scotland of acting as “private security” for a Norwegian-owned firm operating farms along Scotland’s west coast. Don ...

Investigations have been launched into four safety incidents at the Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, according to the UK government’s nuclear watchdog. The plant’s operator, EDF Energy, ...