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While the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn has faced strong criticism over anti-semitic attitudes among some members, the Labour leader also has questions to answer about his attitudes towards Muslims, writes Dr Azeem Ibrahim.

Lying around on the desktop of my computer is a document from May 2015 that I’ve never quite got round to deleting. It’s an LSE blog by Jan Eichhorn of Edinburgh University, published just after the SNP won 56 out of 59 Scottish seats in that year’s Westminster general election, titled: “There was no rise in Scottish nationalism: understanding the SNP victory.”

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman is facing calls to "resign or be sacked" after it emerged that she knew of the death of a child with cancer in Scotland's biggest hospital was linked to contaminated water.

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Public confidence in the planning system is based on the idea that it applies equally to everyone – including Underbelly and its Christmas market, writes Cliff Hague of the Cockburn Association.

The Duke of York has admitted that he “let the side down” through his continued association with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an extraordinary BBC interview.

Independence for Scotland is the only way forward, even in the case of a possible future vote for Britain to remain in the EU, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

nopJeremy Corbyn has stated he is “not a unionist” as he came under fire over his shifting position on granting a Scottish independence referendum if he wins the election.

In 2015, when the SNP won just over 50% of the vote in the general election and swept all but three Scottish constituencies, it was clear that the landslide was a hangover from the independence referendum the year before.