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Primal Scream among musicians calling on Andy Burnham to reject Rosebank
3+ week, 6+ day ago (645+ words) MORE than 200 musicians including Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie are urging Andy Burnham to reject the Rosebank oil field. Rosebank, off the coast of Shetland, is the largest undeveloped oil field in the North Sea and is being considered for approval…...
From weight loss to sex work, the Fringe shows tackling scrutiny of women’s bodies
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (397+ words) THE objectification of women’s bodies is an issue that has been drawing audiences to several shows during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the São Paulo Showcase 2026, is a show based on Brazilian…...
Monica Lennon warns Scottish Labour against 'punching down on trans people"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (372+ words) MONICA Lennon has warned Scottish Labour against “punching down on trans people” after failing to make the ballot in the leadership race to succeed Anas Sarwar. After nominations closed at 10am on Monday, the party confirmed that Scottish finance spokesperson Michael…...
What Kemi Badenoch’s 70-minute Fringe interview didn’t say about Scotland
3+ week, 1+ day ago (589+ words) “I FEEL a pull to Scotland”, said Kemi Badenoch - who took 114 days after becoming Tory leader to actually cross the border for a visit. Appearing in the hot seat at Iain Dale’s All Talk interview on Saturday at the Edinburgh…...
An open letter to John Swinney on what life’s like if you’re neurodivergent
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1104+ words) This week, your government confirmed that it will not proceed with the Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill (LDAN), and I felt compelled to speak to you directly. As an autistic person, with a rather generous side dish of ADHD…...
Greens making no secret of targeting Nicola Sturgeon supporters
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (534+ words) IN 2024, I vividly remember the raw emotion that followed Humza Yousaf’s ending of the Bute House Agreement with the Greens that was set up by Nicola Sturgeon. Now co-leader Gillian Mackay was in tears on the radio while Patrick Harvie…...
Jason Arday lived life that exposed barriers – his death showed how they still exist
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1028+ words) The question that haunts me is painfully simple. How much can one human being take before reaching breaking point? When you are not seen as a person first – when your skin colour becomes the lens through which every action is…...
Stephen Flynn hits out at Nicola Sturgeon book comments
4+ week, 1+ day ago (708+ words) STEPHEN Flynn has said he thinks Nicola Sturgeon “made a mistake” publishing comments on the SNP's campaign strategy in the foreword of her book. Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe event the Political Party with Matt Forde, the former Westminster leader…...
Nicola Sturgeon calls for politicians to have ‘courage’ on environmental issues
3+ week, 5+ day ago (440+ words) Nicola Sturgeon has called on politicians to have “courage” on climate change policy, saying she does not believe there should be new wells opened up in the North Sea. The former Scottish first minister spoke out as Prime Minister Andy…...
How Andy Burnham's first PMQs was a perfect parody of modern politics
1+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) ANDY Burnham is turning into the “is there nothing else on?” Prime Minister. By that I mean that he is increasingly coming across as someone playing the prime minister in a not-quite primetime TV show, written by people who have no…...