Neil Mackay

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Postcards from the Third Reich

Imagine that it is the summer of 1936 and you are on honeymoon in Germany. The sun is shining, the people are friendly – life is good. You have driven south through the Rhineland, admiring its castles and vineyards, and have watched fascinated as the huge, heavily laden barges ply their way slowly up the Rhine. Now you are in Frankfurt. You have just parked your car, its GB sticker prominently displayed, and are about to explore the city, one of the medieval architectural gems of Europe. Then, out of nowhere, a Jewish-looking woman appears and approaches you. Radiating anxiety she clutches the hand of a limping teenage girl wearing a thick built-up shoe. All the disturbing rumours you have heard about the Nazis – the persecution of Jews, euthanasia, torture and imprisonment without trial – are at that moment focused on the face of this desperate mother. She has seen your GB sticker and begs you to take her daughter to England.

Police Scotland five years on: a history of dreadful leadership and meddling politicians

IT is five years since the creation of a single police force in Scotland. Back in 2013 voters were promised enhanced policing alongside greater accountability, transparency and governance. But communities were quickly forgotten as the Government's parliamentary majority pushed aside suggestions for improvements to their proposals. A vital Reform Business Case was abandoned alongside the rejection of an audit of local services. Even attempts to create a Parliamentary committee to oversee this new environment were delayed. In best 'Yes Minister' fashion officials, directed by Ministers, created a centralised police service by the back stairs.

The Sunday Herald's guide to an Alternative Election Night

IF the thought of watching David Dimbleby drone you to death into the wee hours of the morning is enough to make you want to flee to Trump's America, then never fear, the Sunday Herald is here to provide you with our guide to an Alternative Election Night - a Thursday free from politics, pundits, useless polls, fake news and Andrew Neil's hair-do.

Plans to scrap fish farm limits slammed

PLANS to scrap limits on the amount of salmon that can be kept at fish farms around the coast would increase disease, worsen pollution and harm wild fish, campaign groups are warning.