Graeme Mackay

Islam appears to be a religion at civil war with itself, with non-believers caught in a deadly crossfire.

Jul 06, 2015

Phil Woolas election victory was quashed using the same act SNP supporters are now using against Alistair Carmichael.

Jun 01, 2015

Andy Burnham admitted that the previous Labour government had been found wanting on the economy and the Party would not return to power unless the electorate judged them to be competent.

May 18, 2015

Labour has gone from facing a strong challenge from the SNP as recently as February this year, to the prospect of facing a humiliating debacle at their hands.

May 07, 2015

Just 2.4 million people in Scotland could determine the fate of the whole United Kingdom

Apr 20, 2015

Who could possibly be wanting a transfer of some of that Mansion Tax yield?

Apr 13, 2015

Visit York and one is spoilt for choice but now Leicester has adopted this particular "son of York" and is on to a winner!

Apr 01, 2015

Years of 'reform' and 'privatisation' saw many a protesting group of workers demand imprisonment for men such as Nemtsov.

Mar 11, 2015

About two per cent of the UK's economy is affected by North Sea oil and gas with direct and indirect employment reported to be in the region of 450,000

Feb 16, 2015

The bill will bring an end to the collection of debts owed for non-payment of the Community Charge (aka Poll Tax) in Scotland.

Feb 02, 2015

An example of this "Silk Road" is the container rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Chongqing with a major rail/road container service centre at Xi'an's "Inland Port"

Jan 16, 2015

Ukip's General Secretary, Roger Bird, was suspended on full pay pending an investigation into "allegations of impropriety"

Dec 15, 2014

Support for the Occupy Central movement and its offshoots is widely reported to be less than 20 per cent and there is no doubt that the disruption has caused very serious economic damage

Dec 01, 2014

In the run up to the Asia Pacific Economic Summit (APEC) in Beijing which got down to business on 10 November 2014, polluting factories in the Municipality and provinces close by, were ordered to shut or curtail their operations in order to reduce the host city's air pollution which can be particularly bad when there is no wind to disperse it.

Nov 12, 2014

On the eve of the Scottish Independence Referendum the SNP had some 25,000 members. It has now surpassed 75,000 and rising. Nothing will be quite the same again.

Oct 06, 2014

No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Sep 15, 2014

On 13 September 2013, the slim, bearded Saif al-Islam Gaddafi faced a judge in a courtroom to hear the prosecutors' case against him.

Aug 29, 2014

Fifteenth August 1914 marks the collapse of the final forts around the city of Liège in Belgium. Why should a defeat be remembered?

Aug 18, 2014

Football is so important in Brazil that this defeat and the team's relegation to seventh in FIFA's ranking, are matters that concern the highest echelons of government.

Jul 23, 2014

Whether Germany won or lost in the World Cup final, the German sports firm Adidas had already won as the sponsor of both the German team and their rivals from Argentina.

Jul 14, 2014

Mr Maliki could well insist that he should be replaced by another member of his State of the Law bloc and thereby remain as the real power behind the scenes.

Jun 27, 2014

The Government of President Goodluck Jonathan seems to be in a state of permanent, enfeebled hand wringing over the fate of the pupils.

Jun 17, 2014

General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, dissolved Thailand's last functioning democratically elected body,

May 30, 2014

Boko Haram was founded in 2002 and launched its violent campaign demanding that Nigeria become an Islamic state with harsh Sharia law, in 2009 – well before the War against Libya.

May 20, 2014

Late in the evening of 8 May 1945 Field Marshall Wilhem Keitel signed Germany's ratified surrender terms to Soviet Marshall Zhukov

May 12, 2014

Approval rating of French president bombs to all-time low

Apr 14, 2014

With an army of 40,000 to 50,000 troops carrying out "exercises" it is difficult to see any tangible results arising from talks between Russia and the US.

Apr 02, 2014

On the margins? Mr Benn in the late 60s was pencilled in for the top.

Mar 17, 2014

On 23 February 2014, Russia's Sochi Winter Olympics Medal Tally was first with a total of 13 Gold, 11 Silver and nine Bronze, with Norway coming second and Canada third in the medal table. Russia's neighbour and close ally, Belarus, won a very respectable five Gold. Russia can take much satisfaction in staging a very successful Games.

Feb 28, 2014