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The five activists were unlocked by keys delivered to each of the party leaders, along with a note calling for greater ambition in fighting climate change

The UK Government could face legal action after reports of EU citizens being turned away from polling stations during yesterday’s European elections

10,000 students protested in Scotland on the last Global Youth Strike in March

THE second global youth climate strike is underway around the world. 

Millions of students have already been marching and posting their videos and pictures from South Korea to Germany, India to Philippines. 

In total, 1623 locations globally have been identified as places where #FridayforFuture strike action will be taking place.

CommonSpace highlights some of the best on Twitter from around the world.

With the futures of British Steel and Bifab in doubt, and the need for a Green New Deal ever more urgent, should we have been having a different debate about the EU over the past decade?

AS MILLIONS of people across the UK vote today [23 May] in the European Parliamentary elections, it’s worth taking a step back from the maelstrom of British politics and reflecting on the debate we’ve been having which has brought us to this strange impasse.

When housing inequality has got progressively worse over the past 20 years, it may be time to start looking at the vested interests of media/political elites – including in Scotland

IF YOU have not yet seen the Sky News anchor Jayne Secker’s outrageous interview with a tenant, then here it is in all its breathtaking arrogance.

Folk singer Karine Polwart said the success of the pupils’ actions showed protest can make a difference

George Kerevan: “This is RBS using OUR money in a scam to raise share prices - £1.4bn of state-owned, bailed-out bank cash that should be used to invest in the economy”

Sturgeon has praised Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for “rocking the boat” – does the independence movement need to pick up some of her radical ideas?

FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon took Twitter time out from Brexit on Tuesday [29 January] to make a perhaps surprising intervention into the internal politics of the Democrats in the US.

The People’s Vote is now emerging as a serious possibility – but does it stand up to scrutiny?