In some ways the Scottish Human Rights Commission report on the South of Scotland is a shock; in other ways it is hardly surprising at all. It finds that the fundamental human rights of the people o...

CELEBRITIES including Gallagher, Susan Sarandon, Kneecap and Irvine Welsh are among dozens of high-profile figures urging the UK Government to appoint an independent international mediator to resolve ...

Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...

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Podcast Episode · The PoliticsGirl Podcast · 6 October · 44min

THE scale of Israel’s atrocities will be forever burned into our collective consciousness; the past three years of destruction, murder and political cowardice pressing into history as a moment of such...

Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf

Every economic bubble comes to an end eventually. Many of you will have found yourself asking 'when is another new-build student accommodation complex too many new-build student accommodation complexe...

Russia’s strategy is twofold, to secure compliance from parents in occupied areas and erase Ukrainian identity.

QUESTIONS about armies and Russia put to the Welsh First Minister reflect the media's 'fear' of constitutional change, an expert has said

As the Telegraph reports this morning: BT has rescued TalkTalk from administration in a £400m deal that raises competition concerns. The FTSE 100 telecoms giant has announced a deal to take over the struggling broadband provider, which had been on the verge of collapse. TalkTalk, which reported revenues of £1.2bn last year, serves...

Moscow and Kyiv have intensified aerial assaults as the war continues.

Save Our Reds: Protect Britain's native red squirrels before it's too late

LOCALS in Fife have been left furious after a 1000 year old castle was refused protected status due to plans for an AI data centre to be built on the historic site being at an “advanced stage” ...

I’VE had my shield up for universities for months now, since Andy Burnham – graduate of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge – began steering working-class youth away from academic and towards vocational qu...

Our right to privacy is under threat. Help Liberty defend personal data security, expose hidden misuse and fight for stronger safeguards.

The profession needs to dismantle the structural and cultural barriers that have held them back for far too long.

A HOLOCAUST survivor has welcomed the English and Welsh Greens’ decision to class Zionism as racism.

PENSIONERS are calling on Andy Burnham to explain why he plans to “hit” them with changes to the triple lock.

The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.

MEMBERS of the Green Party of England and Wales have voted for a motion declaring "Zionism is racism".

Podcast Episode · Pivot · 4 October · 50min

Last week I wrote on LinkedIn: I have been following climate politics for a long time. I do not think I have ever felt this upset. As the climate crisis accelerates, our leaders are not accelerating climate action. They are reversing it.The post resonate

The G7 statement on releasing diesel stocks, issued yesterday, was a pile of nonsense that eventually only indicated that all these nations still live in total fear of the USA and Donald Trump. The G...

THERE was consternation in the large Jewish population of Stepney in East London when the British Union of Fascists (BUF) announced it was going to march through the key Jewish area of Cable Street on...

ALICE laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.”

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STAFF at a Scottish university have accused bosses of using the financial crisis engulfing higher education to justify “ideological” job cuts despite the institution having almost £90 million in cash ...

The Guardian has reported this morning that: Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned. They added that: The plans are still awaiting the conclusions of reviews by...

Newly surfaced disclosures reveal the government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m with Peter Thiel’s controversial AI company – as pressure mounts on Andy Burnham to block them. Max Colbert...

Proposed EU rules could let funds labelled 'Transition' invest in companies expanding fossil fuels. Email your MEP before the negotiations.

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THIS parliamentary session, there are seven black and minority ethnic politicians out of 129, including me ....

Common Weal is very positive (and indeed very pleasantly surprised) by the latest iteration of the Scottish Government's proposals for local government reform. The desired destination is a genuine b...