
Ian Johnston
Comment Editor and Leader Writer at The Scotsman
Comment editor/leader writer @thescotsman, interests include environment, politics, history, chess (formerly @Independent and @NBCNews)
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3 days ago |
scotsman.com | Ian Johnston
OK, I admit it, I’m probably what Boris Johnson would call a “doomster and gloomster”. And while Boris was a truly terrible Prime Minister – he made a better Have I Got News for You host – he did understand the importance of enthusiasm or, indeed, “boosterism”. Scots have a reputation for being dour and some are afflicted by the dreaded ‘Scottish cultural cringe’, as if, somehow, we’re fated to be inferior to others, which is, of course, nonsense.
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4 days ago |
ft.com | Jim Pickard |Gill Plimmer |Rachel Millard |Ian Johnston
The new Sizewell C nuclear power station is expected to get the final go-ahead during an Anglo-French summit in London next month, as UK...
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5 days ago |
ft.com | Ian Johnston |Leila Abboud
One man died and more than 200 people were injured in clashes in Paris, after celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the...
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | Ian Johnston
I’m probably the world’s worst Aberdeen FC fan. When I lived in the city for five years, I didn’t go to see them once and have been to perhaps half a dozen games in my lifetime, an average of one for every decade. When I belatedly remembered it was the Scottish Cup final on Saturday afternoon, I checked to see the score and watched the last 10 minutes of normal time. I was mildly pleased that the Dons won in the end.
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1 week ago |
ft.com | Ian Johnston |Mercedes Ruehl |Patricia Nilsson
Four of Europe’s oldest industrial groups have added more than €150bn to their market caps on the back of soaring demand for data centres...
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