James Walker

3 days ago | thenational.scot | James Walker

Debate Night presenter Stephen Jardine THE BBC has been condemned for including two Labour politicians on Debate Night on the eve of a crucial by-election. The BBC is hosting a “Glasgow Special” episode of the show tonight, featuring the SNP’s Glasgow Council leader Susan Aitken, Scottish Tory MSP Annie Wells, artist David Eustace as well as both Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney and Labour peer Willie Haughey.

3 days ago | thenational.scot | James Walker

The National previously reported that the party's most prominent pro-Israel group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), sent a delegation of parliamentarians to the country last week. This included LFI chair Jon Pearce, as well as fellow Labour MPs Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna, Peter Prinsley, Mark Sewards and Labour peer Luciana Berger.

3 days ago | thenational.scot | James Walker

Alison Johnstone is set to meet with the Chinese official today (Wednesday), with Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie writing a letter urging her to speak up. The party, who Johnstone was an MSP for after the 2021 Holyrood election before standing down to become Presiding Officer, also highlighted the date the meeting is taking place. This is because the meeting is taking place on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

3 days ago | thenational.scot | James Walker

Samuel Abdilla, a tourist from Australia, also shared his shock more generally over the amount of “blatant, vile racism” he witnessed during his visit to Scotland. Writing in the Mountain Bothies Association Facebook page, he attached an image of racist graffiti including Nazi symbols and “KKK” which he found at a bothy .

3 days ago | thenational.scot | James Walker

The party's most prominent pro-Israel group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), sent a delegation of parliamentarians including chair Jon Pearce, as well as fellow Labour MPs Cat Eccles, Kevin McKenna, Peter Prinsley and Mark Sewards. They were pictured with a host of Israeli politicians over the course of the 4-day delegation, including former president Isaac Herzog. Herzog has previously been criticised after photographs showed him signing Israeli bombs set to be dropped on Gaza.