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Aberdeen Nine will need to wait to be readmitted to Labour Party, says Anas Sarwar Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has warned nine suspended councillors in Aberdeen will need to wait to be readmitted to his party. © PA Wire/PA Images Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has warned nine suspended councillors in Aberdeen will need to wait to be readmitted to his party. The so-called Aberdeen Ni...

Updated: 15/04/2021, 11:29 am © PA Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says that he wants the suspended councillors known as the Aberdeen Nine to be readmitted to the party. Speaking during an interview on BBC Good Morning Scotland, Mr Sarwar was quizzed on their suspension after forming an administration with the Conservatives in 2017. He said: “I want them to be back in. I believe they are Labour councillors who are working on the frontline delivering Labour policies in Aberdeen, a Labour manifesto in Aberdeen, making progress in Aberdeen and actually w...

Since the Middle Ages, Scots have been entertaining themselves during the long winter nights with a dialectical tradition called “flyting”. This is a form of conversation in which you knowingly subject your friend or colleague to verbal violence and insult. Weepy millennials should not try this at home. Flyting began in the 16th century as a contest between poets, or “makars”, to see who was capable of the most imaginative invective – a bit like rap. It became a widespread mode of social intercourse among working people in homes and hostelries. The abuse is, of course, an ironic...

THE Hate Crime and Public Order Bill has now been passed, though after significant alterations and with some MSPs voicing continuing concerns even…

Updated: March 12, 2021, 12:42 pm © Duncan Bryceland/Shutterstock Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A veteran SNP politician says he considers the hate crime proposals to be “one of the most pernicious and dangerous pieces of legislation ever produced by any government in modern times in any part of the United Kingdom”. Jim Sillars, former deputy leader of the party, claims the new legislation, which was backed by MSPs on ...