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20 May 2021 Hospital patients were unlawfully discharged into care homes in Scotland, which experienced a disproportionate loss of life during the coronavirus pandemic. The revelations come following an investigation by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, a statutory body which “monitor[s] the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the welfare parts of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000”, among other duties. For its report, titled  Authority to Dischar...

3 May 2021 The Islamic Republic of Iran is “almost certainly” interfering in Scottish politics in order to boost separatism and harm the British Union, according to a new report. The Henry Jackson Society alleges that the Islamist regime in Tehran wishes to lend aid to the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) in the upcoming elections for the Scottish Parliament — roughly equivalent to a state legislature in the United States — in order to “attack the constitutional integrity...

SHARE You never forget your first bomb. On April 12, 1989, the solid whump of a 680-kilogram car bomb set off by the Irish Republican Army was enough to stop me and my classmates at St Peter’s Boys’ School dead in our tracks. Our heads snapped right, watching the growing cloud of smoke rising from Charlotte Street, the site of our little town’s fortified police barracks. That blast – which I remember more as a feeling than a sound – killed Joanne Reilly, 20, who had been working in He...

Brexit disrupts supply chains The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 is largely credited with ending what had become a low-level civil war. One of its key stipulations was keeping the land border open between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a development made possible in no small part because of the UK and the Republic of Ireland both being EU members in the single market and the customs union at the time.  Brexit negotiators aimed to protect the Good Friday Agreement. They drafted...

Brexit disrupts supply chains The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 is largely credited with ending what had become a low-level civil war. One of its key stipulations was keeping the land border open between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a development made possible in no small part because of the UK and the Republic of Ireland both being EU members in the single market and the customs union at the time.  Brexit negotiators aimed to protect the Good Friday Agreement. They drafted...

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (Image: GETTY) UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Senator George Mitchell and Irish PM Bertie Ahern at the GFA signing in 1998 (Image: GETTY) “For, bluntly, the only alternative to a border either in the sea or on land is not to have one at all. “Or, since Brexit has made that impossible, for the border created by the Protocol to have only the lightest of policing.” Such an approach would be difficult for the EU to stomach, Mr Goodm...

WA Premier Mark McGowan defends his strict border policy as his New South Wales counterpart labels internal border closures "embarrassing" and the Prime Minister says a new approach is needed in 2021.

1 / of 3 Reasons why Clive Palmers bid to tear down WAs hard border was blocked by the High Court revealed WedWednesday 24 FebFebruary 2021 at 3:12am WA Premier Mark McGowan has vowed "the fight will go on" against Queensland businessman Clive Palmer. ( Share Print text only Cancel Western Australias hard border with the rest of Australia was justified to prevent a potentially catastrophic event, the High Court has found. Key points: Clive Palmer was ordered to pay the states legal costs Both s...

This was first published in The Telegraph's Refresher newsletter. For more facts and explanation behind the week’s biggest political stories, sign up to the Refresher here – straight to your inbox every Wednesday afternoon for free. What’s the story? The UK and EU are at once again at loggerheads over how to resolve difficulties at the Northern Irish border, following threats against port staff and fresh calls for the Government to abandon the Northern Ireland Protocol....

UK So Confident on Vax Supply, Will Start to Stockpile for 2022 2 Feb 2021 The United Kingdom has reportedly become the first country so secure in its coronavirus vaccination strategy, that it is already planning to stockpile doses for 2022. Meanwhile, the European Union remains far behind even in its inoculation programme for 2021. European media admitted in the last week that Brexit Britain’s initiative had laid the ground for “vaccination success”, with more than 13 per cent of the pop...