11 h. ago ExxonMobil boss says ‘deliberate’ UK Government policies ‘undermining’ business

Chairman Paul Greenhouse spoke out after the petrochemical firm announced plans to close the Mossmorran ethylene plant in Fife.

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29 h. ago As Mossmorran closes, have politicians learned any lessons at all from Grangemouth?

The closure does Labour and the SNP no favours ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

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32 h. ago Hundreds of jobs at risk as ExxonMobil to close Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife

Workers at the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran have been told it will close in February, with 400 jobs at risk

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33 h. ago Mossmorran chemical plant to close with hundreds of Scots jobs at risk

The Fife Ethelyne Plant near Cowdenbeath is set to become the country's next industrial casualty.

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2 w. ago I've got news for the BBC bosses who think they'll get away with fabricating a damaging Trump quote: A huge storm is coming: STEPHEN GLOVER

What would you say if you learnt that the BBC had doctored a video of a politician's speech to make him sound more extreme, incendiary and dangerous than he really was?

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2 w. ago Dutch voters have been seduced by positivity – liberals elsewhere, take note | Simon van Teutem

By selling hope alongside progressive patriotism, the centrist D66 party widened its appeal and beat the far rightProgressives often treat patriotism as radioactive. Flags and anthems are left to the populist right. But the centrist D66 party, which almost tripled its seats in this week’s Dutch election and looks set to form the next government in the Netherlands, has shown that another approach is possible.Under the leadership of Rob Jetten, it used what we might call progressive patriotism – and voters responded. Five strategies defined that success. Politicians across Europe could learn a thing or two.Simon van Teutem is a writer for De Correspondent Continue reading...

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