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SNP suspends member over ‘anti-Semitic’ blog

THE SNP has suspended a member accused of “vile anti-Semitism” for citing Hitler in an attack against a prominent Jewish Labour activist ....

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Budget: A radical step to help the high street – but will Scotland now follow suit?

THIS budget should be seen for what it is: the latest episode of a Conservative Party drama in which everyone is cast in...

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Ian McConnell: Pantomime performance but Brexit spectre is really not a laughing matter

IT is not pantomime season just yet but, watching Chancellor Philip Hammond delivering his Budget, it was difficult to escape the notion that...

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Budget: A change in mood music but same empty tune plays on

AS an interjection it was more Glasgow Empire than Gladstone, less of a Churchillian barb than a cheap but effective shot. Just as...

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Neil Mackay: We must no longer shrink from the deadly threat of the far right

WEST Virginia was in my thoughts yesterday. In the spring of 2006 I spent a lot of time there, hanging out at an...

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The Scottish play that earned the scorn of Brazil’s new right wing president returns to Edinburgh

IT is the acclaimed Scottish play which earned the scorn of Brazil’s new right-wing leader, Jair Bolsonaro. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17186827.the-scottish-play-that-earned-the-scorn-of-brazils-new-right-wing-president-returns-to-edinburgh/

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Nation pays tribute as one family remembers four lost sons

IT touched the lives of millions of Scots at home and abroad; its resonance still felt 100 years on. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17187661.nation-pays-tribute-as-one-family-remembers-four-lost-sons/

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Historic images of Leith reveal the port in its heyday

Standfirst . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17187633.historic-images-of-leith-reveal-the-port-in-its-heyday/

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Margaret Taylor: Women on banknotes have the power to improve society

ROYAL Bank of Scotland has been in the public eye for all the wrong reasons in recent years, with everything from a government...

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Pensions dashboard is given stay of execution

CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond confounded expectations yesterday by failing to make any mention at all of pensions during his Budget speech. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17187672.pensions-dashboard-is-given-stay-of-execution/