Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 22:14
THE SNP has “no credible roadmap” to independence and needs a spell in opposition to “sort itself out”, a leading political academic has warned.
Professor James Mitchell an authority on the Nats said the party’s civil war went “well beyond healthy debate”.
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He says Nicola Sturgeon will struggle to control Indy campaign Credit: AFP or licensors
And he claimed while Nicola Sturgeon will keep a firm grip on the SNP until May’s Holyrood poll “she will struggle to control the campaign for independence in any future referendum”.
Prof Mitchell, of Edinburgh Uni, said: “What we are witnessing is the kind of internal bloodletting normally associated with the aftermath of a major defeat. Much is a function of frustration and an inability to manage internal debate.
EUSA have been forced to delete an Instagram story encouraging students to “combine celebrations of Pancake Day with LGBT+ History Month to add some sparkle to (their) February” which drew considerable criticism from LGBT+ students for ‘trivialising’ LGBT+ History Month.
Former EUSA President Andrew, posted on the Edinburgh Uni LGBT+ students group saying “the micro-aggression jumped out” on the Instagram story.
Other comments included “think I deserve more than just pancake day tbh”, “there’s a reason Pride is still a protest”, and “actually fuck this”.
The since removed Insta story
One commenter questioned the fusing of Shrove Tuesday, a Christian festival to mark the beginning of Lent, and LGBT+ History Month – especially, given the homophobic views held by some mainstream Christian groups including the Catholic church.
Updated: 13 Feb 2021, 21:34
A WAR hero battling MND has begged scientists to use him “as a guinea pig” and test a breakthrough disease drug on him.
Dad-of-three Stuart Carmichael, 40, says researchers can trial experimental medicine on him as he searches for a cure for the degenerative disorder.
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Stuart Carmichael has begged to be a guinea pig for MND trials
He was given just three years to live and has travelled to Mexico for stem cell therapy in a desperate bid to find a cure.
Edinburgh Uni boffins say they have discovered how to repair cell damage which may cause dementia and MND.
Following Friday night’s racist attack on an Edinburgh Uni student outside the library, Edinburgh students have reacted by coming together to take a stand against the racism that people of colour face in the city and on campus.
In the past few days, multiple posts, protests and campaigns have been made by students who are outraged that such an incident could happen, especially on university grounds.
Many POC students, particularly East and South East Asian students, now feel unsafe and scared to be alone on campus after the horrific attack. The Facebook group Edinburgh University POC Walking Group has been created in response, with members offering to walk each other to and from the library and around campus.