32 h. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland hobbled by Westminster when it came to Covid PPE

Scotland’s efforts to protect medics and carers early in Covid pandemic were wrecked by Westminster, says reader

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53 h. ago Dail adjourned as Irish government pushes through controversial speaking changes

The opposition criticised video footage of Michael Lowry making a gesture to a TD as the Dail was adjourned.

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66 h. ago Readers' Letters: Labour has lost right to call itself 'people's party'

Labour is letting down the people who need help most, says reader

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3 d. ago Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as “disgraceful” and said Labour had lost its “moral direction”

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3 d. ago Readers' letters: SNP government's Civil Service and quangos need pruning

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5 d. ago Readers' letters: Scottish Government is riding roughshod over rights of communities

A reader says the Scottish Government’s response to the consultation on its Electricity Infrastructure Consenting in Scotland proposals is an attack on local democracy

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6 d. ago Labour members turn on Keir! Starmer ranks 17th in Cabinet and Rachel Reeves last as shock poll finds disastrous lefty ex

The controversial Climate Change Secretary had the highest approval rating of any Cabinet minister in a survey of more than 2,000 party members.

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7 d. ago As Ed Miliband tops a poll of Labour activists, do we need more proof the party has lost the plot?

The controversial Climate Change Secretary had the highest approval rating of any Cabinet minister in a survey of more than 2,000 party members.

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7 d. ago Spanish parliament vote on cutting food waste will end ban on wolf hunting

Amendment brought by coalition of parties says wolves add to food waste due to remains of livestock they killThe Spanish parliament has voted through a measure that will in effect lift the hunting ban on wolves that was imposed in 2021.A coalition led by the conservative People’s party, with the support of the far-right Vox party and Basque and Catalan nationalists, added an amendment to a law aimed at reducing Spain’s estimated 1.2bn kilos of food waste. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago I moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. Did I make the right decision? | Leading questions

It’s impossible to know if a choice is ‘right’, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. But you can have some certainty about how it makes you feelRead more Leading questionsI recently moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. I moved for better weather, proximity to nature and a calmer, healthier way of living but I’ve really struggled to make any friends. This isn’t the first time I lived abroad. I moved around in my 20s and they were some of the happiest times in my life.Now, at 34, the experience feels different. I’m living alone and working remotely. This is something I wanted to do for a long time but it’s a lot harder than I expected. I miss my family, friends and partner, although we speak all the time and travel back and forth to see each other. I know it takes time to build a new life. I miss the familiarity and my network back home. Was moving the right decision?The reader’s letter has been edited for length Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Readers' Letters: Borders railway expansion would not benefit Scotland

An extension of the Borders Railway would be good for train fans but bad for taxpayers, says reader

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8 d. ago Readers' Letters: Sturgeon came so close to assuring a legacy to be proud of

The debate around Nicole Sturgeon’s ‘legacy’ goes on

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1 week ago Labour goes into meltdown over cutting benefits: Starmer faces outcry from the left of his party over plan to 'trap people in poverty'

As tensions mount ahead of the plan being unveiled tomorrow, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has warned the PM that reducing eligibility could leave people 'trapped in poverty'.

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1 week ago People believe Harry Potter supports same political party as them, study finds

The survey also found the public are also more likely to believe Darth Vader would vote for their own political rival.

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1 week ago Poverty campaigners quit Labour party in shame over £6bn welfare cuts plan

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Carolynne Hunter said she could not remain in the party when it was planning to remove disability benefits from people like her daughter Freya.

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1 week ago Readers' Letters: Shaky future ahead for SNP with third of MSPs to go

The deluge of MSPs announcing they’re leaving Holyrood should worry John Swinney, says reader

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1 week ago The threat of Trump is vast. But don’t underestimate incremental change | Michael Brownstein

The work of making change is difficult. Most of it is boring, unsexy and, at best, modestly incremental from day to dayDonald Trump is attempting to dismantle American constitutional democracy before our eyes. For the past six weeks, many of us have been telling ourselves we have to do something about this before it’s too late. And yet many people who feel this way – no matter how outraged they are or how genuinely worried they are about our country’s future – are doing very little but handwringing and doomscrolling.Elected leaders in the Democratic party are mostly failing to provide inspiration for people who are alarmed about the president’s actions. The protest paddles they held up at Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress underscored the fact that they’re flailing more than they’re leading. Meanwhile, for most of us, the chance to vote again is almost two years away. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Readers' Letters: It's time for councils to stop taking ever more tax

Councils must stop asking for more cash and make what they have work for us, says reader

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2 w. ago Reader's Letters: Nicola Sturgeon's political career was a case of ambition overruling ability

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she was stepping down from Holyrood

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2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Don't blame seniors for the ills of the world

A reader suggests we should stop trying to apportion blame for society’s ills

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