Scottish actor Gerard Butler fundraises for the israeli Defence Forces, but is also an official backer of Unicef and Red Cross, which carry out work to support those maimed or detained in the west bank and Gaza by the occupying IDF – can charities really permit such blatant hypocrisy?

On Tuesday [6 November], the Scottish actor Gerard Butler was once again in attendance at the Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) charitable dinner.

Wightman comments in contradiction to SNP, which welcomed the new report

SCOTTISH GREENS MSP Andy Wightman has criticised a new report forecasting increased oil & gas extraction from the north sea up until 2050, after the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change report just two weeks ago argued that the world economy needed to be carbon neutral by at least the mid-century to prevent catastrophic and irreversible climate change.

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray looks at the shamelessness of Jeremy Hunt’s attitude to Yemen, which is on the verge of the worst famine in 100 years in large part due to UK-backed Saudi air strikes

SOMETIMES the shamelessness of political leader’s is a little too much to bear.

SNP Conference passes topical motion on IPCC report

THE findings of the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest report must lead to faster action and bigger ambition on the part of the Scottish Government, environmentalists have said.

The landmark IPCC report published today [8 October] found that keeping temperature rises to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels can prevent the most disastrous consequences from climate change and is still possible, but “would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society”.

Organisers believe 100,000 people attended the march in Edinburgh

THE All Under One Banner march for Scottish Independence on Saturday [7 October] has been touted as the biggest ever independence march in Scottish history.

Organisers said 100,000 attended on the day. The march through the capital follows demonstrations in Glasgow, Dumfries, Bannockburn and Dundee, and comes just as the SNP Annual Conference begins in Glasgow. 

Below are videos and pictures of the demonstration from CommonSpace and others who were present in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Ash Burnett: “Rhoda Grant will have EU citizens within her constituency - she owes an apology to them. She needs to recognise the error of judgement she has made.”

EU CITIZENS have expressed their anger at comments from Labour MSP Rhoda Grant, who suggested that protecting their political rights in Scotland post-Brexit was a “side issue” and a “tactic” used by the SNP to distract from economic issues.

Salmond: “Most of all I am conscious that if the Party felt forced into suspending me it would cause substantial internal division.”

FORMER first minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond has resigned his membership of the SNP to avoid dividing the party, following allegations of sexual misconduct, which he refutes.

Does Benjamin Netanyahu's call for "condemnation" of Jeremy Corbyn signal a turning point in a remarkable political and media affair?

SINCE Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the Labour party in 2015, there have been innumerable scares, panics and crazes usually connected to some aspect of Corbyn's worldview. All of them have been marked by the involvement of two actors in particular - dissident elements on the right of the Labour party, and most of the media.

Scottish Women’s Awards declines to name the organisation running the event amid concerns over transparency

WOMEN’S CHARITIES and a BBC journalist nominated for awards at the Scottish Women’s Awards will not attend over a lack of transparency about the event, being held at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow next month by profit-making organisers ‘Creative Oceanic’.

With Boris Johnson under fire for Islamophobic remarks, CommonSpace highlights some of the Tory MP’s most shocking statements