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Sometimes you’ve got to pinch yourself. If someone had said 10 years ago that they were writing a political satire about Donald Trump fighting to stay in the White House...

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has had devastating effects on most aspects of society. One consequence that’s perhaps not so obvious is that it has meant news stories that might normally have...

WHILE all eyes are focused across the Atlantic at an exercise in democracy that will likely define the next four years of global politics, the Scottish National Party is preparing...

IF YOU DON’T KNOW yet that civilisation is in crisis, then surely you realise it today. The whole political culture of ‘the west’ has been distorted and redesigned by one...

The Scottish Government will be opening applications to those with children under 6 as of Monday 9 November:“I encourage all parents and carers who may be eligible to apply now...

The US election result looks like being a nail-biter, and there is little value in speculating, so we will come back to that in tomorrow morning’s Source Direct. If the...

IT IS 14 JANUARY, 2019. With most White House staff furloughed due to a government shutdown, visiting national college football champions the Clemson Tigers arrive at the highest office of...

MANY heralded Trump’s 2016 victory is a brave new era for US and western politics. In the cartoon formulation of his erstwhile special adviser Steve Bannon (like most in Trump’s...

New Zealanders have just voted to legalise assisted dying, joining many other countries. Public polling in Scotland shows that 76% are in favour of assisted dying being debated in Holyrood,...

Which part of Scotland is the most anti-Trump? Answer: East Dunbartonshire. According to a Politico poll, 85.3 per cent of people in East Dunbartonshire would vote for Joe Biden in...