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George Kerevan

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Gender Male
Age 74
Date of birth September 28,1949
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Glasgow
United Kingdom
Job Journalist
Politician
Economist
BooksTackling Timorous Economics: How Scotland's Economy Could Work Better for Us All
Scottish Independence
Scottish Independence: Yes Or No
Party Alba Party
Education University of Glasgow
Previous positionMember of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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George Kerevan is a Scottish journalist, economist, and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for East Lothian from 2015, until he lost his seat at the snap 2017 general election.

Paper review: Bomb packages and knife crime 'crisis'

Feb 16,2020 3:21 am

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has written in The Daily Telegraph about knife Crime

suggests that the home secretary and the Prime Minister are at loggerheads about knife Crime .

It reports that they had a "testy exchange" on Tuesday - When Sajid Javid asked Theresa May for emergency funding to deal with the Problem .

, in which he says he's doing everything in his power to ensure that the "strongest possible response" is in place.

This includes bolstering police powers and increasing funding for forces.

Yousef Makki and Jodie Chesney, both 17, were killed in separate knife attacks Two Days Apart

has a letter from the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Lord Blair. He argues that the government could learn from the way in which Tony Blair responded to The Surge in street Crime in 2002 When he was Prime Minister .

The Letter states that Mr Blair immediately acknowledged the scale of The Crisis - and "personally chaired a series of meetings by Cobra, the cross-departmental Crisis committee".

Macron letter

Under the headline "merci, Macron", thanks the French president for writing to people across Europe, proposing a series of reforms to protect the EU.

The Sun describes The Letter as "magnificently self-important".

It suggests that by saying Brussels should have more control, Mr Macron has inadvertently boosted the Brexit cause.

"A few leavers might have been wobbling - no longer," it concludes.

Emmanuel Macron has published an open letter to Europe in newspapers across The Continent

Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick says that even though he voted remain in the Brexit referendum in 2016, he is now inclined to back Theresa May 's deal in The Commons .

He urges his colleagues on the Labour benches to do the same.

Mr Fitzpatrick, the MP for Poplar and Limehouse, in London, says Mrs May's reassurances on the issue of workers' rights, and her promise of extra funding for towns that are struggling economically, have helped to Make Up his mind.

Cashless Society

is worried that Britain's entire cash-handling system is "on The Verge of collapse".

It has details of a report commissioned by The Cash machine network Link, which warns that the infrastructure for handling money is becoming too expensive to run.

The UK, it suggests, is At Risk of "sleepwalking" into a cashless Society within 15 years.

The Paper believes that will be a "daunting spectre" for many people, particularly the elderly and Vulnerable .

says that plans by the Scottish National Party to continue using the pound in The Event of independence from the rest of the UK are proving controversial.

Some in The Party believe The Move would be necessary until a new currency could be established.

But George Kerevan , an economist and former SNP MP, tells The Paper there is "a lot of suspicion" about the idea.

Two-inch handbag

Finally, reports that The Fashion world has been left "in a spin" by an item that was paraded on the catwalks at Paris Fashion Week.

The Jacquemus Mini Le Chiquito handbag is only two inches Long - which has prompted many to wonder what could be carried inside it.

The more surreal suggestions include a spare acrylic nail or a lock of Jude Law 's Hair .



Source of news: bbc.com

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