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- The Telegraph
Humza Yousaf has exposed the lie at the heart of Scottish nationalism
Do the Scottish Conservatives really want to get rid of Humza Yousaf? Vain, self-righteous and accident-prone, Scotland’s First Minister has become one of Unionism’s most valuable assets. In tabling a confidence motion against him, the Tories may be opening the door to a more competent SNP leader.
- The Telegraph
Tony Blair’s great devolution experiment has been an unmitigated disaster
The implosion of the Scottish National Party (SNP) is fast becoming more of a popcorn fest than binge-watching Taggart. Last April, we stared open-mouthed as the police seized a £110,000 Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome from a house in Fife following the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who was last week charged in connection with the embezzlement of party funds (he denies the allegations).
- The Telegraph
‘Trump f----ed you, idiot’, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer told tabloid
The lawyer who negotiated Stormy Daniels’ hush money deal told a tabloid editor who helped Donald Trump kill stories of alleged affairs “he f----d you, idiot”.
- HuffPost
Harvard Law Professor Offers Scathing Summary Of SCOTUS-Trump Arguments
Laurence Tribe pulled no punches over what he described as a “shameful performance by the court.”
- HuffPost
Ex-Trump Lawyer Spots Donald Trump’s ‘Big Mistake’ That Will ‘Make His Campaign Cringe’
“That just brings back all those bad memories about that issue," Jim Schultz told CNN's Jake Tapper.
- The Telegraph
Ireland has just unwittingly revived Rishi’s fortunes
It is not unusual in politics for a measure to be attacked from two opposite fronts at the same time.
- CNN
Opinion: Truth takes its revenge on Trump and his team
It may be temporary, but in recent days, the deceivers have been put on the defensive, writes Frida Ghitis.
- The Telegraph
My week sitting inches from Donald Trump – and why I nearly got thrown out of his trial
“Are you on the list?” the burly man guarding the door asks.
- The Telegraph
‘Suspend all Post Office executives involved in Horizon scandal’
Postmasters have called for the immediate suspension of all Post Office executives involved in the Horizon Scandal.
- PA Media: UK News
‘Unacceptable harassment’ of Rees-Mogg criticised after protesters hound the MP
Demonstrators were filmed chasing and shouting abuse at the Tory former Cabinet minister after he spoke at Cardiff University.
- INSIDER
The mysterious life of Melania Trump, a former supermodel who is the subject of fashion scandals and bizarre conspiracy theories
Melania Trump broke from first lady tradition in many ways. On her birthday, here's a look at her life and how she fared as the first lady.
- Birmingham Live
DWP starts sending out £5k backpay to 187,000 people over State Pension errors
The underpayments relate to people with missing information on their National Insurance records
- The Telegraph
Good days are few and far between in politics – and this is a good day
In as astonishing a series of events as I’ve ever witnessed, Scotland has received not one but two pieces of sensational news – news that re-writes everything we thought we knew about the politics of independence.
- Coventry Live
Multiple DWP changes in May that could affect your benefit payments
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced changes that could affect millions of people across the UK
- The Telegraph
Israel talks up Rafah invasion as Hamas prepares for full-scale attack
Amid 40C heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what many expect to be a traumatic and bloody few months in southern Gaza.
- Sky News
Ireland: Fires, pepper spray and clashes with police as anti-migration protests erupt in County Wicklow
Pepper spray flying, protestors shoved to the ground, flames leaping in the background as chants of "shame on you" filled the night air. The scenes in Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow won't have come as much of a surprise to many. Like many of the protest sites we have visited, there is a mix of local residents - concerned about the sudden arrival of asylum seekers in their under-resourced rural location - and anti-immigration activists and "citizen journalists", from Dublin and further afield.
- Business Insider
Old, unused, and 'twisty' — meet the obscure NY election-conspiracy law that just might get Trump convicted
Prosecutors this week said their "entire case" rests on an obscure NY election-conspiracy law. Experts believe it's never before been prosecuted.
- The New York Times
Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills
BERLIN — President Vladimir Putin of Russia is about to institute a rare tax increase on corporations and high earners, a move that reflects both the burgeoning costs of his war in Ukraine and the firm control he has over the Russian elite as he embarks on a fifth term in office. Financial technocrats in Putin’s government are searching for new ways to fund not just an expensive war in Ukraine but also a broader confrontation with the West that is likely to remain costly for years. Russia is all
- The Telegraph
The Israel Defence Forces are the most moral soldiers in the world
Just when coverage of Israel in much of the broadcast media couldn’t seem any more spiteful and misleading – the slippage into the mainstream of slurs like “genocide” and “famine”, for instance, neither of which are remotely accurate descriptions for what is going on in Gaza – a story breaks that destroys all my remaining confidence that such outlets will cover the war impartially.