26 h. ago EUAN McCOLM: It's easy to laugh at Corbyn's impotent crank Left as would

With its interminable infighting and crackpot ideas about the world, the far-Left has never seriously threatened to win power in the United Kingdom.

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3 d. ago Euan McColm: 'Righteous' left has allowed the right to take the high ground on free speech

Where are the defenders of the past political consensus on free speech in Labour or the SNP?

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6 d. ago England win series after washout in final New Zealand T20 but Brook left frustrated

Third T20: NZ 38 for 1 v England. Match abandonedRain means only 25 balls bowled in final match of seriesEngland’s T20 series against New Zealand ended as it had started, with a washout. On a previously dry day, the weather teased and taunted. Rain first intervened at 7.17pm, two minutes after the start of play. After a brief resumption it returned, paused, gave the ground staff a bit of time to mop up, allowed the umpires to schedule a 10pm restart and then fell once again at 9.59pm. Twenty-five balls were bowled.“You don’t want to come all the way over to this part of the world and only play one game,” Harry Brook said. “Very frustrating.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Euan McColm: Scotland’s National Library has lost its way under Amina Shah and she should go

Neither she nor the board members who backed her in censorship row over feminist book can be trusted to uphold the values the institution should embody

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2 w. ago Fifth term for SNP looks likely but John Swinney does not deserve it: Euan McColm

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum

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2 w. ago Euan McColm: Fifth term for SNP looks likely but John Swinney does not deserve it

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum

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3 w. ago Euan McColm: Palestine protests after Manchester synagogue attack look like victory parades for anti

British Jews, many descended from those who fled the Nazis to seek refuge on these shores, no longer feel safe in their home country

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