UK farmers are voicing anger at tax changes. But there are concerns some groups are using the protests to fuel conspiracies ...

With its coarse leaves, jaggy spikes and purple blooms – the thistle is known as Scotland’s national flower. Now it is also the name of the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility, opening in ...

The so-called ‘culture war’ has impacted politics across the globe. Populist outsider candidates and traditional political parties are, more than ever, using ideological wedge issues to appeal to ...

Misogyny has existed throughout history, but in recent years a newly-packaged form has taken hold online, promoted by influencers and online communities with thousands of young, male followers ...

Profits from contraceptive pills used by the NHS are funding an organisation with close ties to Hungary’s hard right government which has restricted access to abortion. Gedeon Richter – a ...

The Scottish Government’s nature agency is to axe a free service for people needing advice on bats in a move critics fear could result in “desperate householders” illegally destroying bat roosts. From ...

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MCC Brussels, a think tank funded by Hungary's populist government, is working with academics and campaigners with influence in Scotland.