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Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German...
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German...
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German...
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German...
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Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German chancellor Friedrich Merz has postponed his planned visit to Norway scheduled for Friday and will travel to Brussels instead.
Merz will travel to Belgium for a private dinner with Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, his spokesperson said in comments reported by Reuters. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
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🟥 If Scotland were an independent country, we would have our own Treasury. We could make our own decisions, instead of waiting for an afterthought from a neighbouring country.
🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🟥 If Scotland were an independent country, we would have our own Treasury. We could make our own decisions, instead of waiting for an afterthought from a neighbouring country.
🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
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🙌 Thanks to your incredible support, we are within touching distance of our stretch target.
⌛ With just 48 hours to go - if you can, then please donate or share to help us get over the line: www.believeinscotland.org/crowdfunder2...
⌛ With just 48 hours to go - if you can, then please donate or share to help us get over the line: www.believeinscotland.org/crowdfunder2...
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🙌 Thanks to your incredible support, we are within touching distance of our stretch target.
⌛ With just 48 hours to go - if you can, then please donate or share to help us get over the line: www.believeinscotland.org/crowdfunder2...
⌛ With just 48 hours to go - if you can, then please donate or share to help us get over the line: www.believeinscotland.org/crowdfunder2...
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Has Scotland's fitba victory left a lasting bounce? The Covid Inquiry says Scotgov should've deviated faster fm WM - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border? As Danish Labour lose Mayors to the left/greens sd UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance? Listen lesleyriddoch.com/podcast
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Has Scotland's fitba victory left a lasting bounce? The Covid Inquiry says Scotgov should've deviated faster fm WM - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border? As Danish Labour lose Mayors to the left/greens sd UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance? Listen lesleyriddoch.com/podcast
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Finland is the world's happiest country for the 8th year running. How do they do it? New film coming very soon. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Finland is the world's happiest country for the 8th year running. How do they do it? New film coming very soon. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Rachel Reeves’ budget: Who really governs Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Scottish Currency Group Conference, October 2025 -Session 4 - Robin McAlpine - Commonweal 🏴 youtube.com/watch?v=5KVq...
Scottish Currency Group Conference, October 2025 -Session 4 - Robin McAlpine - Commonweal
YouTube video by GHProductions Argyll
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November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Scottish Currency Group Conference, October 2025 -Session 4 - Robin McAlpine - Commonweal 🏴 youtube.com/watch?v=5KVq...
Rachel Reeves accused of misleading public over country's finances | ITV News youtube.com/watch?v=yYdx...
Rachel Reeves accused of misleading public over country's finances | ITV News
YouTube video by ITV News
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November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Rachel Reeves accused of misleading public over country's finances | ITV News youtube.com/watch?v=yYdx...
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“Oh, thank you, imperial master. Grovelling thanks for sharing your hard-earned cash.” Did Rachel Reeves expect this when she announced some of Scotland's taxes will be sent back north? Actually that budget pop at the SNP is a sure sign of Labour nerves.
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“Oh, thank you, imperial master. Grovelling thanks for sharing your hard-earned cash.” Did Rachel Reeves expect this when she announced some of Scotland's taxes will be sent back north? Actually that budget pop at the SNP is a sure sign of Labour nerves.
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰
'Budget exposes broken Britain' 🥀
'Budget exposes broken Britain' 🥀
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰
'Budget exposes broken Britain' 🥀
'Budget exposes broken Britain' 🥀
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We spoke to representatives of pro-independence parties and groups to hear their reactions to this year's UK Budget 👇
Pro-independence parties and groups react to Rachel Reeves's Budget
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We spoke to representatives of pro-independence parties and groups to hear their reactions to this year's UK Budget 👇
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Two prominent pro-independence presenters have been arrested and charged with terrorism offences
Two pro-Scottish independence presenters arrested under terrorism laws
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Two prominent pro-independence presenters have been arrested and charged with terrorism offences
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EXCLUSIVE: Two prominent pro-independence presenters have been arrested and charged with terrorism offences
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Two prominent pro-independence presenters have been arrested and charged with terrorism offences
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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John Swinney has pledged to 'champion' the friendship between Scotland and Ireland after he became the first head of government to meet Irish President Catherine Connolly
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
John Swinney has pledged to 'champion' the friendship between Scotland and Ireland after he became the first head of government to meet Irish President Catherine Connolly
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Rachel Reeves has been accused of showing an 'astonishing level of arrogance' after she dismissed a second independence referendum if the SNP win a majority at next year's Holyrood election
'Astonishingly arrogant': Rachel Reeves panned after dismissing second referendum
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Rachel Reeves has been accused of showing an 'astonishing level of arrogance' after she dismissed a second independence referendum if the SNP win a majority at next year's Holyrood election
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Trump's repeated lobbying for peace on Putin's terms is a recipe for disaster - Today's column www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Trump’s repeated lobbying for peace on Putin’s terms is a recipe for disaster
In a recent interview with The Economist’s Inside Geopolitics programme, former US national security adviser John Bolton recounts an interesting…
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Trump's repeated lobbying for peace on Putin's terms is a recipe for disaster - Today's column www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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Scottish Labour minister Michael Shanks has been forced to delete an embarrassing blunder about Scotland’s national day
Scottish Labour minister mocked over excruciating St Andrew's Day gaffe
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Scottish Labour minister Michael Shanks has been forced to delete an embarrassing blunder about Scotland’s national day
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NEW: Workers at the iconic Scottish firm Mortons Rolls have won a £1 million payout after a legal battle with the UK Government
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: Workers at the iconic Scottish firm Mortons Rolls have won a £1 million payout after a legal battle with the UK Government
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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MARKS & Spencer has revealed that it is eyeing 12 new locations in and around Glasgow for new food stores
Marks & Spencer eyes 12 locations around Glasgow for new food stores – see full list
MARKS & Spencer has revealed that it is eyeing 12 new locations in and around Glasgow for new food stores ...
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
MARKS & Spencer has revealed that it is eyeing 12 new locations in and around Glasgow for new food stores
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Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses
In 1993, the economist Richard Auty coined the term “resource curse” to describe the paradox that countries with abundant natural resources often grow more slowly and less equitably than those without...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
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US plan for Ukraine needs ‘additional work’, say Kyiv’s allies at G20 summit – live
US plan for Ukraine needs ‘additional work’, say Kyiv’s allies at G20 summit – live
The leaders of key European countries, as well as Canada and Japan, issue a joint statement on proposal for end of Russia-Ukraine war
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
US plan for Ukraine needs ‘additional work’, say Kyiv’s allies at G20 summit – live
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A Labour MP has called on Keir Starmer to resign saying that the Government must go in a 'completely different direction'
Labour MP calls for Keir Starmer to resign and 'different direction' for party
www.thenational.scot
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A Labour MP has called on Keir Starmer to resign saying that the Government must go in a 'completely different direction'
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The Isle of Eigg has urged the UK and Scottish Governments to back a Cop30 bid for a just transition from renewables to fossil fuels
Scottish community owned island urges Governments to back key Cop30 bid
www.thenational.scot
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Isle of Eigg has urged the UK and Scottish Governments to back a Cop30 bid for a just transition from renewables to fossil fuels
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Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said
Anas Sarwar 'must come clean on rising energy bills' as Labour price vow in tatters
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said