
Laura Webster
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Editor at The National and Sunday National - *views my own* Got a pitch?✍ Send to [email protected]
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined May 2017
Just announced: I'm hosting an event with @OborneTweets in Glasgow, October 15, discussing his new book Complicit: Britain's Role In The Destruction of Gaza All proceeds going to Medical Aid for Palestinians Buy tickets here https://t.co/c6VXpsFWHo
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People from around the world are 'holding Scotland as an example' of speaking up for Palestine, says Sid Khan of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The activist and SNP member is back from Israeli prison - and at party conference calling on ministers to do more to hold Israel to account
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Tomorrow's front page 📰 Palestine Action ban challenge in Scottish courts
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She has written for this week's Behind the Headlines on what following the Flotilla has been like - the worried phone calls, the protests, challenges from the police. It's well worth your time
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It's safe to say these past few weeks have been a whirlwind ...
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I'm beyond proud of our Lucy for her fantastic reporting on the Flotilla. Where other media have failed to take an interest, Lucy has gone above and beyond - following the activists' stories from day one, working around the clock to keep people informed.
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Great to have Sid Khan, the Global Sumud Flotilla member and pro-independence activist, here in National HQ, home safe in Scotland after being in Israeli jail just days ago. A great full interview with the excellent @LucyAJackson_ coming on Monday
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NEW: A Scottish Reform UK councillor has been reported to the police over comments she made about people "born and bred" in Falkirk, The National can reveal. https://t.co/efIl8ChmHs
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A SCOTTISH Reform UK councillor has been reported to the police over comments she made about people who are “born and bred” in Falkirk, The…
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BREAKING: A legal challenge has been launched in the Scottish courts to overturn the 'draconian' ban on Palestine Action
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Scotland's languages have historically faced subjugation, and today still face discrimination and nasty rhetoric. I'm very proud that The National puts Gaelic front and centre in today's splash, thanks to a gorgeous illustration by Caitlin Ferguson, as the Mòd kicks off.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰 We mark start of the Royal National Mòd in Lochaber with a very special front page
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NEW: Keir Starmer has said he wants to expand his plans for a mandatory digital ID to include managing public services such as benefits and bill payments
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Global Sumud Flotilla participant Sid Khan addresses supporters after arriving at Glasgow Airport 🚨 Both he & Jim Hickey were imprisoned in Israel for 6 days, denied access to lawyers & forced to listen to October 7 propaganda to prevent them from falling asleep
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NEW: Scottish politicians have reacted to the news Israel and Hamas have accepted the first phase of a ceasefire deal in Gaza
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Scottish politicians have reacted to the news of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza ...
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Proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians - I hope you can join us on Wednesday https://t.co/c6VXpsGuwW
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Join leading political journalist Peter Oborne as he discusses his explosive new book Complicit, in conversation with The National editor Laura Webster.Oborn...
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Next week, I'll be interviewing @OborneTweets about his book Complicit - setting out Britain's involvement in Israel's genocide in Gaza. There are still a few tickets left if you would like to join us. Here Peter explains what the book is all about.
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Protesters have gathered in Glasgow against Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla
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Isma Khan, the wife of Sid Khan - who was on the Adara boat which was intercepted by Israel - addresses an emergency protest in Glasgow ‘We have opened the eyes of the world’
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Watch as Ross Greer raises the 'kidnapping' of four Scottish nationals by Israel with John Swinney at FMQs
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Police have declared Plato - the code word used when responding to a marauding terror attack - after the stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester Keir Starmer is leaving the European summit early to rush back to chair an emergency Cobra meeting https://t.co/C0VFfZyTbT
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KEIR Starmer will fly home early from a meeting of European leaders to chair a Cobra meeting following the attack at a synagogue in Greater…
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NEW: Scottish activists taking part in a historic humanitarian mission to Gaza have been detained by Israel
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Scottish activists taking part in a historic humanitarian mission to Gaza have been detained by Israel.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰 Kick Mone out of the Lords, SNP urge
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