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Dani Garavelli

Dani Garavelli

The Guardian

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SNP must tackle the disturbing 'vanishing' of pupils from Scotland’s classrooms IN the documentary series Finding Britain’s Ghost Children, journalist Terri White spoke of school as her salvation: an oasis of calm in a childhood punctuated by physical and sexual abuse, and a route out of poverty and degradation.

IN the documentary series Finding Britain’s Ghost Children, journalist Terri White spoke of school as her salvation: an oasis of calm in a childhood...

16.12.2024 3

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

SNP progress on Scotland’s buckling prison system is head-bangingly slow By Dani Garavelli

THE legislation allowing for the earlier release of some short-term prisoners from Scotland’s overcrowded jails is a broadly positive move, which...

01.12.2024 8

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Dani Garavelli

Edinburgh Uni must stop appalling snobbery from Saltburn-esque toff students

EDINBURGH University — in common with most Russell Group institutions — prides itself on its efforts to help underprivileged young people gain...

17.11.2024 10

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Dani Garavelli

Grazie to Duolingo for helping me reconnect to my magical childhood memories of Italy

THE trumpet sounds, the cheery green owl bows this way, then that, and, as the words “Perfect Lesson” appear on the screen, I feel a shot of...

03.11.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Friends and foes' narrative-shaping has failed both sides of Alex Salmond's character

LEGACIES are complex, contested things. The greater the influence a politician has wielded, the more likely they are to have made enemies along the...

20.10.2024 10

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Dani Garavelli

Dani Garavelli: University students will continue to thrive against crumbling world

Earlier this month, I was asked to take part in an event in the Charles Wilson building directly opposite the Glasgow University Union. It was a crisp...

03.10.2024 5

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Dani Garavelli

If The Shed was as popular as those lamenting its loss claim, it wouldn’t be closing

IN THE week the rest of the world was fighting for Oasis tickets, our young team had their eyes on a different prize. When the clock struck 7pm on...

08.09.2024 10

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Dani Garavelli

That no Scottish child will ever be jailed again is something to be proud of GETTING emotional over my work is not something I’m prone to, but I did shed a tear when the Scottish government confirmed all the remaining children detained in Polmont had finally been transferred to secure care.

GETTING emotional over my work is not something I’m prone to, but I did shed a tear when the Scottish government confirmed all the remaining...

02.09.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

This omnishambles SNP is on a Doomsday cult mission towards complete self-destruction

ON FRIDAY morning, in preparation for writing this column, I started jotting down all the catastrophic decisions, announcements and events the SNP had...

25.08.2024 10

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Starmer has completely blown his chance to show change is possible within the union

“Country first, party second” was a campaign soundbite that was supposed to herald a new style of government in which Labour put itself in the...

28.07.2024 10

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Dani Garavelli

Scotland's Anyone But England mentality is rooted in deep-seated insecurity

A long time ago - 34 years to be precise - I did a heinous thing which I have never been allowed to forget. Let me set the scene. It was July 1, 1990:...

14.07.2024 9

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Scotland's Anyone But England mentality is rooted in deep-seated insecurity

A long time ago - 34 years to be precise - I did a heinous thing which I have never been allowed to forget. Let me set the scene. It was July 1, 1990:...

14.07.2024 20

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Dani Garavelli

'They' Nicola? Your attempt to distance yourself from SNP calamity fooled no-one

WHAT a slap in the face it must have been for those SNP MPs and office workers about to lose their jobs to see Nicola Sturgeon on ITV talking about...

07.07.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Postal vote chaos will gift the Tories a Trumpian spin on their epic defeat

Anyone who has been out and about interviewing during this election campaign will know that as pertinent a question as “Who are you planning to vote...

30.06.2024 8

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Dani Garavelli

Despite a 5-1 gubbing, Euros reminded us of the power of a united Scotland

OUT vox-popping on the streets of Glasgow last week, I encountered little pre-election buzz. While the end of 14 years of Tory rule was welcomed, the...

16.06.2024 9

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Dani Garavelli

The way Starmer stripped ethnic female politicians of their dignity is shameless

QUESTION: What is the difference between Natalie Elphicke MP, who defended her sex-offender husband and indulged in hateful rhetoric on refugees, and...

02.06.2024 10

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Dani Garavelli

The SNP’s woes are a boost for Starmer. But he’s not promising the change Scotland wants

In May 2015, as part of my newspaper’s general election coverage, I went out with Labour campaigners as they canvassed in one of the party’s...

27.05.2024 50

The Guardian

Dani Garavelli

SNP ‘housing emergency’ declaration is simply an admission of failure, Mr Swinney IT WOULD make a niche Scottish parlour game: guess what “emergency” the SNP will declare next. If the criterion is crises that have peaked on their watch, then it’s a pretty large field. We’ve already ticked off “climate”, “drugs deaths” and, just last week, “housing”. How about an ambulance emergency, or a prisons emergency or a culture emergency? Or, wait, I’ve got it - a ferries emergency?

IT WOULD make a niche Scottish parlour game: guess what “emergency” the SNP will declare next. If the criterion is crises that have peaked on...

19.05.2024 30

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Dani Garavelli

Making John Swinney leader may be the SNP’s smartest move in years

John Swinney’s accession to the leadership of the Scottish National party has been called a “coronation”. Yet the smooth handover of power that...

07.05.2024 20

The Guardian

Dani Garavelli

No Mr Yousaf, Scottish independence is certainly not 'frustratingly close'

THAT Humza Yousaf messed up was a given. He admitted as much in his resignation speech when he said he had underestimated the degree of hurt his...

05.05.2024 40

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Dani Garavelli

The SNP ditching its Green allies has backfired on Humza Yousaf – and set back the cause of independence

The Bute House agreement (BHA) was supposed to stabilise the SNP. Brokered by Nicola Sturgeon in August 2021, the coalition with the Greens at first...

26.04.2024 20

The Guardian

Dani Garavelli

When holidaying these days, my missing children feel like phantom limbs

MY sons were born travellers. That’s not a boast; it’s a fact. At home, I often struggled to get them breakfasted and out the door of a morning. ...

21.04.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Rowling's tweets on trans issue feel gratuitously cruel and are their own social ill

ON THE day the Hate Crime legislation came into force, I was on Ben A’an. It was Easter Monday, so it was busier than usual, the steep paths to the...

07.04.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

'I've got admiration for Davina McCall but I didn't want to be a Menopause crusader'

Despite being open by nature, and frequently plundering my own life for copy, I have never written about my experiences of the menopause. The reasons...

11.03.2024 30

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

It's finally time for me to speak candidly about my menopause

DESPITE being open by nature, and frequently plundering my own life for copy, I have never written about my experiences of the menopause. The reasons...

10.03.2024 9

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Ceasefire vote chaos and Tory machinations fan the flames of the Far Right

FOR a decision allegedly taken to protect MPs, last week’s tampering with Westminster protocol hasn’t half enabled racist rhetoric and inflamed an...

25.02.2024 6

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

SNP may have been done over, but Flynn’s ‘victim’ status claim was crass

FOR a decision allegedly taken to protect MPs, last week’s tampering with Westminster protocol hasn’t half enabled racist rhetoric and inflamed an...

25.02.2024 20

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Dani Garavelli

If weak Starmer wins big, it's only because these Tories are utterly unelectable

By Dani Garavelli WITH the UK helter-skeltering towards oblivion, what voters crave is a route map out of the mess we’re in: someone - ANYONE -...

11.02.2024 30

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Of course Nicola Sturgeon cried at the Covid inquiry – her fatal flaws have been exposed

When Nicola Sturgeon broke down at the UK Covid inquiry she was accused of shedding crocodile tears. They looked real enough to me, induced by having...

01.02.2024 10

The Guardian

Dani Garavelli

How on Earth did Scottish Post Office staff end up in court without corroboration?

THERE is no end to the questions raised by the Post Office scandal which, after 20-odd years, is finally getting the attention it deserves. Some of...

14.01.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Let's all raise a glass to 2024, the year that will finally see the end of Tory rule

ONE of the most notable characteristics of 14 years of Tory rule is that the closer we come to breaking the seal on a brand new calendar, the more...

31.12.2023 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Magic of Christmas has been completely lost in the pursuit of profit at George Square

By Dani Garavelli EVERY time I walk from Glasgow Central to Glasgow Queen Street during the festive season, I experience the same weird emotional...

17.12.2023 8

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Broken promises pollute the air from the UAE to Glasgow

They set off for COP28 - David Cameron, Rishi Sunak and King Charles - in a squadron of private jets. Picture them, high on moral purpose, spreading...

03.12.2023 7

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