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Kirsteen Paterson

@kapaterson

Journalist @HolyroodDaily - always looking for stories. Social justice/culture/politics/communities/environment/innovation. Tweets all mine.

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Online disinformation about the Israel-Gaza war has led to an unprecedented surge in denial of atrocities and human suffering, including a notable rise in false claims of staged deaths, crisis actors and fake victims.

Analysis by Olga Robinson and me.

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'A lot of men end up with a life in middle age where there isn’t much to occupy the mind or the heart. I think that leads a lot of men into quite a dark, lonely place.'

I spoke to John Niven HQ for Holyrood magazine about his memoir O Brother holyrood.com/inside-politic…

'A lot of men end up with a life in middle age where there isn’t much to occupy the mind or the heart. I think that leads a lot of men into quite a dark, lonely place.' I spoke to @estellecostanza for @HolyroodDaily about his memoir O Brother holyrood.com/inside-politic…
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Nicola Sturgeon has paid tribute to Mark Drakeford after he announced his resignation as first minister of Wales
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What a dreadful waste of a life with so much promise. The 'othering' of incomers, whether seeking asylum or not, is becoming normalised in the UK to an extent I don't think I've seen in my lifetime. People are people.

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Following a request from Home Affairs Committee and Public Accounts Committee, National Audit Office has now confirmed that it will produce a factual report covering the costs incurred by the Rwanda scheme to date and the department's estimate of costs when the scheme is operational.

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Following a request from @CommonsHomeAffs and @CommonsPAC, @NAOorguk has now confirmed that it will produce a factual report covering the costs incurred by the Rwanda scheme to date and the department's estimate of costs when the scheme is operational. committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…
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Foreign Office to move from East Kilbride to Glasgow in bid to hit staffing targets. HMRC to move into Abercrombie House holyrood.com/news/view,fore…

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'The architect of the UK’s greatest postwar foreign blunder is now the UK’s chief diplomat.'

Public finance minister Tom Arthur talks to Kirsteen Paterson holyrood.com/inside-politic…

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“As for an independent Scotland, I think there was maybe a time when that argument was radical, but it’s been normalised over the last decade.”
Tom Arthur speaks to Kirsteen Paterson holyrood.com/inside-politic…

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This time last year MSPs passed Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill. It has never passed into law thanks to a veto from the UK Government.

Now a court has said the UK Government's veto is lawful holyrood.com/news/view,scot…

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The US has charged a man over an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state on the orders of an Indian government employee
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Robin Harper, the UK's first Green parliamentarian, has called for Scottish Green members to oust leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater.

And he told me the Scottish Green Women’s Declaration for Sex-Based Rights, launched today, proves the party is split on gender identity

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Exclusive: Scottish Greens ex-leader calls for members to remove Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater
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