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Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater
IN ADVANCE of the forthcoming elections for the Scottish Parliament, the new alliance of Greens and Scottish Nationalists has provided something of an insurance policy for the SNP, which has endured a range of damaging assaults that have weakened its appeal.
The Daily Mail recruited the theatrically reactionary Andrew Neil to brand the pre-election link up as “anti-monarchy, anti-Britain, anti-wealth” — seemingly blind to the broad appeal of these sentiments to many Scots.
He topped off his hyped-up piece with the rhetorical question: “What price will Scotland pay for giving power to these eco-zealot Marxists?”
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT