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| | | | | Tories drape a Union flag on fund to fill Brussels gap | | Hundreds of millions of pounds of public money is set to bypass the Scottish Government and be handed directly to local authorities by London under proposals to âput a Union flagâ on regional development funds after Brexit, Scotland on Sunday has learned. | |
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| | Latest News | | | | | | | | Dani Garavelli: Injustice cries out at Kavanaugh hearing | At the height of a recent outcry over licensed misogyny in a Scottish newspaper, a Twitter friend sent me a clip of Two Whoops And A Holler by honky tonk singer Jean Shepard. The song, recorded in 1953, calls out the double standards that exist between men and women. âHow come a man can fight and cuss and smoke and drink and cheatâ Shepard demands, âbut if a woman does one little thing she isnât worth a damn?â |
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| | Bill Jamieson: FDI does more than spare our blushes | Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Scotland has been a two-edged sword. Itâs hailed as a job creator, a stimulus to innovation, a Scottish footprint on the global business scene â and a validation of Holyroodâs business credentials. Politicians of left and right at Holyrood have greeted FDI announcements as proof of overseas confidence in their economic policies. |
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