“We can do better than this, and we have no right not to try. We have no shortage of those who have not given up.”
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As a fitting end to Source, we wanted to introduce an independent community magazine that is presenting news at the hyper-local level – Greater Govanhill magazine.
Greater Govanhill: Embrace and Support Diverse Voices in the Media
“Should we feel defeated? Only if we have forgotten that history has its own ways. The season will turn.”
David Jamieson: Scotland, the locust years?
Sport is the one area where Scotland is defiantly autonomous on the global stage. But even with a match against England at Wembley, constitutional politics barely featured as a point of interest or controversy.
Source Direct: Independence – Fantasy and Reality
“We remain enormously proud of the work we have done and the unique contribution Source has made to the Scottish media landscape.”
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“As the necessity of extending the eviction ban grows ever more obvious, we must remember: Your landlord is not your friend. They are not your genial host. They sustain themselves by leeching from you all they can get, in exchange for which they occasionally send someone round to fix the boiler.”
Sean Bell: Extending the eviction ban is the bare minimum of what is required
“The Afghan War, which inaugurated a wave of western attacks in Asia and North Africa 20 years ago, will prove in its last act the futility and destruction of ‘humanitarian intervention’.”
Analysis: Taliban rule and further conflict are the fruits of ‘western interventionism’
The real-life case of Daniel Morgan, the private detective murdered 34 years ago in a South London car park, could be Line of Duty’s case for the defence. The independent inquiry into his death features enough elaborate plot twists and cartoonish villainy to keep Ted Hastings busy for another six series.
Source Direct: Bugging, Burglary and Bribing Bent Coppers
“It’s hard not to view GB News as Neil’s next step in his march of destruction through institutions which once promoted stability for Britain’s ruling strata.”
David Jamieson: GB News is the feeble product of Andrew Neil’s crusade against journalism
The ultimate the “bad guy” here isn’t really the local authority, the devolved administration or even the outsourcers — it’s the Home Office. But their demonstrable badness only adds to the vicious cycle of rival nationalisms.
Source Direct: Outsourcing, Dispersal and Hostility
A new poll has shown that 86% of Scots are in favour of the Scottish Parliament should examine the issue of assisted dying, as there is currently no legislation covering suicide or assisted dying.
Poll Shows Scots are Heavily in Favour of Change to Assisted Dying Legislation
“Decisions made at the G7 summit this weekend will set the agenda for the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November, so we want to make sure that the world leaders know that we are watching them closely, and they won’t get away with any more greenwashing.” – Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion Head to Protest at the G7 Summit
In the festival of great power politics, Britain and Europe are nowhere near the main stage; for all the shouty antics, both are being drowned out by the big acts.