Many previous Nobel Prizes have been given for reasons that are entirely at odds with Trump’s ‘values’, statements and actions www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Many previous Nobel Prizes have been given for reasons that are entirely at odds with Trump’s ‘values’, statements and actions www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
08.10.2025 08:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Good Day!
The Cornfield with Stooks by John Nash c. 1918
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)
I do worry about what increased wildfires are doing to carbon sinks
08.08.2025 14:06 — 👍 38 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0Why Jeremy Clarkson's discovery of 'genuinely alarming' effects of climate change is so important www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
13.08.2025 08:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Demise of hybrid cars in Norway shows how UK is falling behind in technological race www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
06.08.2025 08:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why a bland BBC report about migrants should make us fear for our future www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
31.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A message from Scotland to Donald Trump: It's time to call Benjamin Netanyahu and end Gaza's nightmare www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
23.07.2025 17:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I found this very moving. Please share:
Why Palestinians in Gaza are protesting with photos of Israeli children killed by Hamas www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In its stances on climate change, vaccines and immigration, Reform UK demonstrates it should be taken about as seriously as the modern-day druids chanting prayers of protection against Covid www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
24.06.2025 17:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The Scotsman's fascinating editorial comment published on VE Day 1945 www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
08.05.2025 08:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Israeli Haaretz newspaper's editorial is a must-read: "For seven weeks now, the government has employed a policy of starvation by banning the entry into the Strip of all food or other humanitarian aid." www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
24.04.2025 13:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Special offer: subscribe to The Scotsman for just £1 a month for three months
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I'm imposing my own tariffs on Tesco, M&S and all the rest, taking inspiration from my new-found economic guru Donald Trump
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This is brilliant by Telegraph's Matt (riffing on story about George Washington's famous honesty) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/matt-...
20.02.2025 11:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0UK should heed Danish PM's words about the need to rearm as Russia threat grows. She has told her defence minister to “buy, buy, buy!", adding: “If we can't get the best equipment, buy the next best. There's only one thing that counts now, and that's speed.”
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Democratic government needs to be as efficient as possible, so it can deliver good frontline services and stave off Trumpish populism
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One of the comments on this article is: "'liberal fightback', (oxymoron) not gonna happen, you lost, we won, you are done." She might be right...
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Last year, Liz Truss said: "We can’t be truly free without free speech.” Now her lawyers claim it's illegal to say she "crashed the economy". Lol.
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President-elect Trump refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal and Greenland, said he was willing to use “economic force” to acquire Canada and refused to say whether he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters, criticizing the FBI instead during his news conference on Tuesday.
07.01.2025 18:07 — 👍 128 🔁 50 💬 146 📌 75Explaining part of the reason why I set up a Bluesky account (and may close my X/Twitter one) www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
26.12.2024 08:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A Conservative makes the case for the SNP's baby box -- and abolishing the two-child benefit cap www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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