Tag: United Nations

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh tells world leaders at COP26 to “get on with it” while branding them “windy f***ers”

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guest_deadline - November 2, 2021

SCOTS author Irvine Welsh has told world leaders at COP26 to "get on with it" while branding them "windy f***ers". The Scots author made the...

“A” grade for Scottish Human Rights Commission

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Deadline News Journalist - June 3, 2015

THE Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been awarded United Nations “A" grade status for the second time. An international committee made the award after a review of...

Old Labour government planned to give Scotland more international powers

Deadline News Journalist - January 3, 2010

By Rory Reynolds A LABOUR government planned to give Scots control over their foreign policy to appease “maverick” nationalists, according to newly declassified documents. James Callaghan’s...