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SNP would likely lose court battle over Indyref2, says former top civil servant heraldscotland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldscotland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BARRING unforeseen circumstances, the Scottish LibDems will shortly elect Alex Cole-Hamilton as their new leader. Cole-Hamilton is arguably only in the Holyrood Parliament because the Tories in his Edinburgh Western seat voted tactically, as did Labour voters in the constituency in 2016, all to keep out the SNP. In strictly historical terms, the Scottish Liberal Democrats are the successors to the Liberal Party which dominated Scottish politics for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century. They once had truly great men in their ranks including two of the greatest Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, William Ewart Gladstone and Sir Winston Spencer Churchill. Two other Liberal MPs for Scottish seats, Herbert Henry Asquith and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, also made it to No 10, Asquith holding his East Fife seat for 30 years while Campbell-Bannerman remains the only PM born in Glasgow. ....
IN Glasgow’s east end yesterday a simple ceremony took place signifying the triumph of hope over despair. After several years of opposition, fuelled by political cowardice and cultural hostility, a lasting memorial to An Gorta Mor, Ireland’s Great Famine, was unveiled in the grounds of St Mary’s Catholic Church in the city’s Calton district. From 1845 to 1852 the famine claimed the lives of more than one million people. Most of them were already impoverished by Britain’s attempts to erase their culture through the forces it always brought to bear when subjugating other countries in its lust for empire: brute force and economic oppression. ....
Plans by Catholic church in Scotland to unveil Irish Famine memorial outrages critics irishcentral.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irishcentral.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Highland Clearances: Everything You Wanted To Know | HistoryExtra Podcast historyextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from historyextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.