Some 14,000 people have been randomly stopped and searched under anti-terror laws in Scotland since the attack at Glasgow airport in June, according to figures released last week.
The situation for New Labour is even worse in Scotland. The party’s new leader Wendy Alexander has broken laws introduced by the Labour government banning the receipt of proxy donations and donations by non-British residents.
In a recent article in The Guardian, Scottish journalist Iain MacWhirter noted Gordon Brown’s "apparent capitulation to neoconservatism" and asked what might have happened if Brown had taken a different path.
At the same time as Gordon Brown announces further plans to roll back civil liberties, Scotland’s highest profile human rights lawyer faces jail for comments made after defending his client in a terror trial.
In Edinburgh High Court last week, Mohammed Atif Siddique, a 21 year old Scottish born Muslim student, was sentenced to eight years in prison for terrorism offences.
Anger at single status deal in Angus
Council workers in Angus in Scotland have been hit by a new single status pay deal which has seen wage packets cut by up to £1,000.
Over 500 activists protested on Monday of this week at the Faslane nuclear base in Scotland. This was the final day of the year-long Faslane 365 campaign. Over 160 protesters were arrested at the demonstration.
