First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had agreed to speak alongside a supporter of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, before backing out, writes Struan Stevenson.
Brexiteers triumphed in the EU referendum by persuading people that their problems were caused by Brussels bureaucrats and immigrants. When Brexit happens, we should all be worried about the backlash as it becomes clear this was untrue, writes Kenny MacAskill.
Democracy campaigners in Hong Kong need to realise they are unlikely to get significant international help and know when to push and when to back off, writes Kenny MacAskill.
A modern-day Christmas office party is a minefield for the over-familiar, especially as zero-hours contracts and home-working means you may not know what your boss looks like, writes Bill Jamieson.
A recent presentation by Ken Russell of JG Russell Transport and Morwen Mands of the Highland Spring Group at Blackford, below the rolling Ochils of Perthshire, slaked the thirst of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport for a model of how to embed sustainability in Scottish business.
Edinburgh’s Christmas market may not be everyone’s cup of gluhwein, but lots of locals want to go, despite the concerns of the Cockburn Association and World Heritage Trust, writes John McLellan.
The Bethany Christian Trust’s Buy a Bed scheme is an opportunity to sponsor a bed in a winter care shelter for a rough-sleeper for £21, which is something to consider when two homeless people die every day, writes Ian Murray.
Deception should have no place in politics, but two weeks after a fake video falsely showed Keir Starmer unable to answer a question, a Conservative Twitter account masquerades as a ‘fact checker’.
Glasgow Science Centre’s forthcoming innovation exhibition, Idea No59, should encourage everyone to consider how society is being shaped by technology and how we need to inspire the next generation of experts in STEM subjects, writes Rear Admiral John Weale.
Council by-elections and polls suggest Labour risks going the way of the dinosaurs as traditionally left-wing voters hold their noses to back the Tories because of fears over the Union or in the hope that the party will pick a more moderate leader after a big defeat, writes Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser.
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