Martyn Mclaughlin
The Scotsman
United Kingdom
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Cost-of-living crisis: Concerns grow over energy supplies despite National Grid cancelling emergency power scheme
Concerns have been raised over the security of Britain's energy supply this winter after the company responsible for distributing electricity across the country proposed implementing a blackout prevention scheme for the first time, only to later cancel its rollout. → Read More
Analysis: Donald Trump rehashes nativist playbook as he seeks to cow Republican challengers
Lies. Check. Grievance. Check. Bluster. Check. A dystopian vision of the country that roundly rejected him. Check. → Read More
Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar vow Big Tech will pay for journalism under Labour government
Sir Keir Starmer has said big tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter should be forced to pay news providers for publishing their content in order to end the “legislative logjam” that is threatening the future of sustainable journalism in Britain. → Read More
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: New leader skirts integrity questions in bruising PMQs debut
Even accounting for the tumultuous events in British politics in 2022 to date, it would arguably have been the shock of the year had Rishi Sunak failed to outperform his predecessor, Liz Truss, during his inaugural appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions. → Read More
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: A politician of contradictions and inconsistencies
“Let me tell you a story,” began Rishi Sunak in his inaugural prime ministerial campaign video back in July. → Read More
Donald Trump’s bizarre praise for Scottish paramedics detailed in new book
Donald Trump extolled the virtues of Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) paramedics while arguing for the rollout of a nationalised health service during his time as US president, a new book claims. → Read More
Digital project brings Scots face to face with Whithorn’s medieval dead
She is among those laid to rest at one of Scotland's earliest Christian sites centuries ago, yet who stubbornly refuse to give up their secrets. → Read More
US lawsuit puts Donald Trump's Scottish resorts under scrutiny
For years now, searching questions have been asked of how Donald Trump arrived at the valuations of his two golf resorts in Scotland. → Read More
War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin's conscription gamble risks not only his war, but his grip on power
Within minutes of Vladimir Putin’s gruff and defiant national televised address announcing partial conscription in his regime’s increasingly desperate war on Ukraine, flights were filling up. → Read More
Queen funeral: A day of private grief and public pomp as Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest
Britain threw back the gilded curtain for an unprecedented show of arcane ritual and high ceremony to commemorate the life of its longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and showcase the soft power of the monarchy to a spellbound world. → Read More
Queen Elizabeth II death: Service at St Giles' Cathedral gives thanks for 'extraordinary life' of Her Majesty
In a sacred place of worship that has known violence, rebellion and destruction throughout its long and tempestuous history, there was only love. → Read More
Queen's death: King Charles III vows to serve with ‘loyalty, respect and love’
It was a speech he had waited his whole life to deliver and, when the occasion finally arrived, Britain’s new monarch rose to it. → Read More
Will the lights go out across Scotland this winter?
It is the question no minister seems willing, or able, to address with any certainty - will the lights go out across Scotland this winter? → Read More
Cost-of-living crisis: Extreme winter could force Europe to cull gas use amid Russian supply fears
An extremely cold winter could force Europe to voluntarily reduce its use of natural gas next winter to cope with supply shortages, according to a leading energy consultancy. → Read More
'I wish you many sunny days'
At a time when the Cold War still posed a major threat, it was a bright Scottish political scientist and historian who convinced Margaret Thatcher that Mikhail Gorbachev was someone Britain could do business with. → Read More
Stand-up's pasta pun one liner named best joke of the Fringe
It is a pithy one-liner that left audiences ravioling on the floor. → Read More
Billionaire Tory donor’s firms paid millions by Scottish Government
Recruitment companies controlled by a billionaire Conservative donor and peer have received tens of millions of pounds in taxpayers’ money from scores of public sector bodies across Scotland over the past three years, with the Scottish Government and the besieged NHS two of the biggest spenders, an investigation by Scotland on Sunday can reveal. → Read More
High stakes FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago leaves more than Donald Trump at risk
Spare a thought, if you can, for Eric Trump. → Read More
How long will energy giants' profits rush last, and what does it mean for the North Sea?
The staggering £6.9 billion worth of profits announced by BP for the three months to June was, for many, illustrative of a fundamentally broken system, one which allows major oil and gas producers to generate vast sums of money while many households are struggling to make ends meet. → Read More
How Scotland's cities are preparing for the worst of the climate crisis
How do you prepare Scotland’s cities for the climate crisis? It is a question with a multitude of answers, and delivering them is an unprecedented endeavour, one which will span decades and hundreds of millions of pounds, if not more, of investment. → Read More