ANYONE who knows me well is aware there’s one thing I love more than almost anything else in the universe: Doctor Who.
THE right to shelter, to a safe, secure place to live, is one of the most fundamental of basic human rights. It can often be the difference between life and death.
THERE’S something particularly special and exciting about being a member of the Scottish Green Party, and something that makes our autumn conferences – such as that held this weekend in Scotland’s newest city of Dunfermline – all the more important an annual event.
WITH the attention of the Scottish political sphere firmly on Aberdeen for the SNP’s annual conference, there has been much talk of the key lessons the SNP needs to learn as it seeks to survive the numerous challenges the party currently faces.
IT’S rare to be genuinely excited about a new government policy coming into effect but that’s exactly how I felt yesterday during my morning commute as I bought my train ticket from Glasgow to Edinburgh for almost half the price I paid for the same journey last week.
IT’S starting to feel like déjà vu. This week, staff from across Scotland’s colleges and universities have been left with no choice but to go on strike yet again, in what has become such an annual event that we might as well put next year’s strike dates in the calendar right now.
"Brexit has been an utter catastrophe for Scotland”. The words of First Minister Humza Yousaf at Saturday’s Believe in Scotland rally for independence, and a sentiment felt strongly across all corners of Scotland, and indeed by many of those elsewhere in the UK, including by many of those who voted for it.
TODAY marks the bail hearing of Muhammad Rauf Waris, a business management student at the University of Stirling, detained by the racist Home Office for allegedly working too many hours while on a student visa. It’s a horrifying story and a clear example of the hostile environment suffered by international students and other migrants in the UK.
IT’S always interesting to guess what the latest misinformation-laden Scottish politics stooshie of the week is going to be, and it seems this week it’s heat pumps.
DID you survive “The Great War”? That’s what Swifties – fans of American singer-songwriter-superstar Taylor Swift – were calling the fight to get tickets to her “Eras Tour”, and last week the tickets for the Edinburgh nights finally dropped.
