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Some England fans may have got things backwards in their approach to Euro 2020

National Extra Why British jingoism at Euro 2020 is nothing like World War-winning generation

WHEN looking for anti-German jingoism on social media, I didn’t have to search very far to find it.

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Jayda Fransen will run for Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow Southside constituency

National Extra Glasgow's diverse south is not a new target for fascists pushing hate

I WILL be campaigning hard against Anas Sarwar at the ballot box. But I will stand shoulder to shoulder with Anas - and anybody else - to see off racists

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A recent survey showed that more than two-thirds of MSPs have feared for their personal safety

National Extra Death threats are nothing new for politicians but we must now stamp them out

A SURVEY published today showed that 46 per cent of women MSPs have received death threats since being elected. 29 per cent have also received threats of sexual violence.

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'It was a shoddy parliamentary trick by a shoddy government': Prime Minister Boris Johnson

National Extra Independent Scotland must show courage where Westminster has failed
SINCE 2014 the Chinese government has been engaging in a campaign against the Muslim population of Xinjiang, suppressing expressions of religion and imprisoning large numbers of people of mainly Uyghur ethnicity in detention camps, without due process. Estimates put the number of people detained at over a million.

It's clear that Boris Johnon's tactic is to throw as much mud as possible at Nicola Sturgeon's party in the hope that enough of it sticks to prevent a parliamentary majority

national extra Leading Unionist columnist is right to tell Boris Johnson not to refuse indyref2

IT'S not often I agree with Dan Hodges, but I enjoyed seeing him make a strong case today for the UK Government to agree to a referendum on Scottish independence

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'Keir Starmer is doing what he judges to be necessary in order to win back English voters'

National Extra Keir Starmer's trying to win English votes, they're the only ones he needs

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer, interviewed on the Marr programme today, made it clear that a Labour Government would not re-introduce free movement with the EU, in a change from his previously stated position.

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Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard likened the closure of pubs in Scotland to US prohibition in the 1920s

National Extra Richard Leonard's ridiculous 'prohibition' attack merely exposes his ignorance

SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard has caused a stramash by arguing that Covid restrictions imposed on the hospitality sector by the Scottish Government have an air of puritanism about them – and even suggesting that people could be forgiven for thinking that Nicola Sturgeon had effectively imposed a version of 1920s US prohibition on their communities.

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The people of Aberdeen deserve better than Douglas Lumsden

national extra Tory councillor's desire to bypass SNP for UK cash is an attack on devolution itself

WHEN the National asked me to write something about Aberdeen councillor Douglas Lumsden, the Tory Co-Leader of the City Council, attempting to bypass the Scottish Government to make a funding deal with the UK Government I had to go and check that the story was actually real, it seemed so preposterous.

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John Major suggested that Boris Johnson should agree to two independence referendums

NATIONAL EXTRA Scots wouldn't trust Tories to negotiate a conditional independence settlement

TODAY, former UK Prime Minister Sir John Major suggested that the current UK Government should agree not just to one independence referendum but to two – one to agree that Scotland and the UK should negotiate an independence settlement, and a second confirmatory referendum to agree to that settlement once it has been signed off.

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Boris Johnson is introducing fines starting at £1000 and increasing to £10,000 for people failing to self-isolate

comment Boris Johnson's £10k fine for those not self-isolating is hugely unfair

WHEN I first read that Boris Johnson is introducing fines starting at £1000 and increasing to £10,000 for people failing to self-isolate if they have tested positive for Covid my initial reaction was almost to laugh.

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