The Scottish Trades Union Conference (STUC), together with Stand up to Racism Scotland (SUTR) and a handful of other groups are pulling out all the stops for a big turnout for their counter protest at Erskine. This massive push to get their numbers above twenty has been endorsed by “celebrities” including Frankie Boyle, David Hayman […]
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When we formed the Homeland Party, local community politics was to be at the heart of what we do. You have probably seen posts from the last couple of days of us out on hikes or other social gatherings. However, on Saturday afternoon I attended a demonstration in Livingston, my local town. The protest was
Police Scotland have had to put off their ‘no beards’ policy after being inundated with complaints. The force wants front line officers and staff to shave off beards so they can wear specially-fitted FFP3 face masks. Assistant Chief Constable Alan Spiers said the safety of officers was a priority and that FFP3 masks – which are
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A poll of more than 1,000 pupils aged 16 to 18 found that one in five have been told that men can get pregnant and a third have been taught that that women can have a penis! Two-thirds were taught that biological sex was “assigned” by medical professionals at birth, which means that it could
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The Law Society of Scotland has said it will do “everything in our power” to ensure that the independence of the profession was not “jeopardised” by measures in the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill. They warn that the new bill could put the “independence of Scotland’s legal profession at real risk”. The bill sets
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ITV bosses are said to be in “crisis talks” after it emerged that Phillip Schofield and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby are embroiled in a long-running feud. It’s been suggested that the two presenters barely speak off-screen these days. After presenting This Morning alone, sources say Holly is looking to branch out on her own and
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The Turkish Presidency will go to a run off poll to elect a new president on 28th of May. Neither President Erdogan nor the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, managed to secure a majority – with 49.51 per cent and 44.88 per cent of votes respectively. The third candidate, nationalist Sinan Ogan, took just over 5%
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The owners of a café in Exmouth, Devon have removed a small statue of a monkey in top hat and tails after someone complained it was offensive. The news of its removal has been welcomed by the anonymous complainant, who said: “I was recently at Fortes and noticed they have a figurine of a monkey
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The House of Lords is set to clash with the Government when its plan to tackle small boat crossings takes its next step through Parliament later. The Illegal Immigration Bill was passed by MPs last month but will now run into stiff opposition from the upper chamber. The Archbishop of Canterbury is one of 90
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Sir Mark Rowley has defended his officers after six anti-monarchy protesters were arrested and detained for sixteen hours. The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police said it was unfortunate those arrested could not protest, but supported the actions of his officers. Sir Mark also said the Met had had growing concerns that protesters would use rape
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