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(This article was originally intended to go up on Wednesday, but it was somewhat overtaken by events before it was finished.)This week has seen another of those strange coincidences by which a...

Campaigners have called for Scotland’s lawmakers to reject a sex work policy after recent statistics showed that violent crime against sex workers almost doubled after it was introduced in Ireland....

Wherever I lay my hat that’s my home, one of gorgeous G’s favourite songs. I see Mr Leask has his ability to deal with actual facts compared to what he...

Most of the on-the-spot media reporting of the judgement in our court case against Kezia Dugdale on Wednesday was pretty fair and straightforward news coverage. The majority of pieces accurately...

The oceans are being “plundered” for fish to feed farmed salmon in Scotland and around the world, according to a new report. Millions of tonnes of sardines, anchovies, mackerel, herring,...

How the mighty have fallen.  Just two years after her 'spectacular triumph' in the general election (ie. 'only' losing to the SNP by 8%), it genuinely does now look possible...

Plans by the Royal Navy to celebrate 50 years of British nuclear weapons at sea are “horrifying” and should be abandoned, say peace campaigners. This year marks half a century...

A leading human rights law firm has claimed that the legal position on whether Serco can evict asylum seekers in Glasgow by changing locks on their homes “is not yet...

As they say on reality TV shows, I've "been on a journey" over the last few days.  At the start of the weekend I was stating quite confidently - and...

My legal team and I have just received, unexpectedly early, the sheriff’s verdict in my defamation case against Kezia Dugdale. The short and paraphrased version is that yes, she did...