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Mandelson scandal anger grows as officials fail to answer 'straightforward' question
56+ min ago (511+ words) WESTMINSTER officials have been accused of withholding "straightforward" information about Peter Mandelson's sacking as ambassador to the US, months after he got the bag over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The UK Government has failed to say exactly when Lord…...
Keir Starmer 'must publish everything' to end secrecy on paedo-pal peer, SNP say
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (828+ words) KEIR Starmer is facing calls to publish "all documents, vetting, and correspondence" amid conflicting statements over the decision to give his former chief of communications a seat in the Lords despite known links to a convicted paedophile. Stephen Flynn, the…...
'Independent' Anas Sarwar still follows London's lead on Labour paedophile links row
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (457+ words) ANAS Sarwar is unleashed." Or so you might think, given his recent pronouncement that the Prime Minister must go because of the array of scandals and blunders which spew forth from Downing Street with alarming regularity. Don't be fooled: Sarwar…...
BBC Radio Scotland blasted for 'shameful' segment on Andrew and Epstein
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (662+ words) BBC Radio Scotland has been blasted for hosting a "shameful" discussion on the future of the royal family amid ongoing revelations about former prince Andrew's links with Jeffrey Epstein. The start of the Mornings programme on Wednesday focused on whether…...
Labour MSP defends her relationship with twice-convicted paedophile
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (614+ words) LABOUR MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy has defended her relationship with a twice-convicted paedophile after she was suspended from the party. Duncan-Glancy said she was "deeply disappointed" by Anas Sarwar's decision to remove the whip on Tuesday evening, adding that it was…...
UK being 'colonised by immigrants', claims billionaire Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (282+ words) BILLIONAIRE Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe has claimed that the UK is being "colonised" by immigrants. Ratcliffe, Britain's seventh-richest man and a resident in tax-free Monaco since 2020, took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants during an interview with Sky…...
How Scotland aims to tackle gender-based violence on campuses
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (577+ words) LEGISALTION that places legal duties on colleges and universities to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) has been welcomed, but students have said greater collaboration with unions is vital to its success. New measures have been introduced which require higher education institutions…...
Keir Starmer scolded by Speaker after raising SNP embezzlement case at PMQs
6+ hour ago (601+ words) KEIR Starmer was admonished by the Speaker at Prime Minister's Questions after raising the "live case" against former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell when challenged on his decision to hand a peerage to a man with known links to a…...
UK Government responds as 127k people demand defecting MPs face by-elections
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (414+ words) THE Labour Government has refused to consider public calls for MPs who defect or change party to automatically face a by-election. The Government was compelled to respond after a petition on the UK Parliament website calling for a change in…...
Jewish activists accuse Nigel Farage of 'inciting pogroms' in speech protest
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (328+ words) NIGEL Farage's press conference to announce the launch of Reform UK's new Jewish group was disrupted by Jewish protesters who said the party's anti-migrant attacks mirrored antisemitic pogroms. Members of Na'amod, a Jewish group against Israeli "apartheid and occupation, interrupted…...