A Donald Trump win in this week’s US presidential election will throw SNP policy into complete disarray, with the Scottish government’s position on Trident removal seen as “unbelievably irresponsible” and “corrosive” to European security
Ahead of the US election, our Writer at Large talks to Professor Peter Jackson about what a second Trump term would mean for America, the world, the UK and Scotland
SNP leaders are already pretty much unloved by the party’s base. The hardline and fundamentalist wing seethes about how silent the Scottish Government has become on independence.
Perhaps it’s part of growing older, but as I reached mid-life I’ve felt humanity’s death drive throb around me in ways I find terrifying.
We call him Nazi Bob. Once a month, I get my haircut at Bob’s salon. Slowly Bob morphed from "slightly racist dude" into full-on Nazi. As months went by, immigrants weren’t just coming over here and stealing our jobs, they were raping our kids, Bob said.
Gradvall tells me about the role Heinrich Himmler played in Frida’s life; the toll that being the ‘most beautiful woman in the world’ took on Agnetha; and how Benny and Björn nearly destroyed themselves through years of alcoholism.
Despite the fact that most humans in the real world are relatively sane and can engage in an informed conversation where even if they vehemently disagree with you they do so without blood coming out of their eyes and their lips turning to foam, the online realm is not so chilled.
To horrifically misquote Keats, Autumn is the season of mists and creepy spookiness.
DO you consider yourself more stupid than an MP? More morally corrupt than an MSP? Are you less diligent, trustworthy, experienced, honest, inquisitive, nuanced, balanced, courageous, responsible or resilient than any politician you can name?
Across social media people, in numbers which would populate an average-sized nation, are consuming content glorifying Adolf Hitler.
