A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports
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The right must stop trying to kill off Scottish Labour
In a self-serving struggle to protect their positions, rightwingers have tied up the party with an internecine internal battle rather than fighting the Tories and SNP, reports NEIL FINDLAY
Right-wing MSP James Kelly has resigned and called for the head of Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard
In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY
Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports
The British Prime Minister’s Beijing visit marked the end of a long diplomatic hiatus and produced tangible, if limited, economic results, says KEITH BENNETT
Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY
THERE ARE, in every year, regular events and seasons we come to expect.
Easter, Christmas, Strictly Come Dancing, and of course that one there isn’t a name for but we are all familiar with. It’s the time of year where Scottish Labour’s kamikaze squad don their helmets and head scarves and push down on the throttle determined to destroy what remains of the party.
Not happy with previous efforts to lead the party to oblivion — Iraq, cosying up to Bush, befriending Rupert Murdoch and the super-rich, Better Together, Jim Murphy etc — they now seem to be pulling out all of the stops to kill the party once and for all.
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