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Denmark would be a disastrous model for Scotland Susheela Math lays bare how the Danish government targets those of ‘non-western origin’ in a society that’s far from egalitarian Central Copenhagen. ‘Denmark has long explicitly targeted those whose religious values and other norms differ from those of the white majority.’ Photograph: Marco Cristofori/Alamy Central Copenhagen. ‘Denmark has long explicitly targeted those whose religious values and other norms differ from those of the white majority.’ Photograph: Marco Cristofori/Alamy Letters Tue 20 Apr 2021 12.43 EDT Last modified...

Denmark would be a disastrous model for Scotland Letters © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Marco Cristofori/Alamy One can only hope that the answer to Ian Jack’s question – “When will Scotland be like Denmark?” – is “never” (An independent Scotland could turn to Denmark for inspiration, 17 April). The perception that Danish people “pay more tax to live more equally [and] happily” may be common, but in reality how “equally” or “happily” depends on whether the Danes in question are lucky enough to be classified favourably by the Danish governmen...

Amit Roy   |     |   Published 17.04.21, 12:33 AM Even I can understand a simply written new book on economics which explains why gross domestic product is no longer the best way to measure how well a country is doing since it does not take into account other relevant factors, such as the environmental damage caused by a dam, for instance, or unpaid house work by women. But  GDP: The World’s Most Powerful Formula and Why It Must Now Change by Ehsan Masood, a science journalist and s...

URL copied to clipboard At the back of a sprawling set of garden allotments in Eastbourne, on England’s south coast, Mahmoud Al-Halabi gently pulls up two carrots for his children and gestures to a thick curtain of green vines. Parting the leaves he reveals several large bottle gourds, quite unlike anything growing in his neighbours’ plots. “In Syria, summer is longer, and these grow even bigger,” the 33-year-old says, waving admiration aside. The beans, peppers, and kusa (squash) he’s growing are other staples from that faraway climate. It’s been eight years since Al-Halabi ...

Letters Readers respond to an article by Ian Jack on proposals for a rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland and a long-lost railway line A ferry sailing away from the port of Larne, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP A ferry sailing away from the port of Larne, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP Mon 22 Feb 2021 12.33 EST Last modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 14.59 EST Ian Jack (A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty, 19 February) mentioned “a vast munitions dump on the seabed” on the route of the proposed rail t...