We frequently point to the failings of the media – particularly the tabloid press and the fringes of far-right broadcasting and blogging. But such is the shift to the right that some of the most rancid commentators are operating in what would have previously been thought the absolute mainstream. Here’s Jon Craig from Sky News […] Source

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THREE leading engineers are launching a brand new monthly column for The National, which will look in depth at energy policy and industrial strategy in Scotland.  Source

Fears of a ‘stepping stone’ to building being sold. …

The historic 80th anniversary of VJ Day saw a local community rally round to commemorate all those who fought in the Far East during World War II. …

Erskine Veterans Activity Centre North members gathered at Forres War Memorial to commemorate Victory in Japan Day. …

A chemical company has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers suffered “serious burns” … Source

easyJet has announced the launch of a new winter route from Glasgow to a major European city … Source

AN ambitious restoration plan to save a cafe which is regarded as the “home of Harry Potter” has been announced … Source

The idea of supporting Palestinian statehood among the world’s western nations appears to be growing. French President, Emmanuel Macron has made a statement that he will recognise Palestine – in September. Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese also announced possible recognition of Palestine ‘at the right moment’, provided it is demilitarised and that Hamas have no […] Source

ON June 6, 40 community groups across Scotland sent a letter to First Minister John Swinney requesting a moratorium on uncontrolled wind farm developments, because they enrich the corporate and foreign government owners, impoverish the Scottish people and scar the land. On July 30, they got a letter back from Swinney in which he tells them to piss off. Source

Scotland is the nation that invented everything, except itself. Now we are at an Interregnum, an idea from Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks in which ‘[t]he crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear’. In Scotland, this means […] Source

Great podcast on sexism in Scottish music and media and the history of girl bands … Source