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Hi ,

It has been a week of political machinations.

Leaders have tried to cling to power. Successors have jockeyed for position. Old regimes have tried to reassert themselves.

But today I'm proud to announce that my hostile takeover of this newsletter is finally complete.

(And while all that was going on we even had time to do some great journalism and work on some exciting news we'll share soon).
Yours,
Paul

Don't worry, Ali will be back next week.
Story of the week
An in-depth look at a Ferret investigation
This summer Glasgow will be the first UK city to open a sanctioned safer drug consumption facility.

Ahead of its opening, The Ferret spent time with the Moss Park community in Toronto to find out how its consumption space saves lives and helps people heal.

The podcast covers a day-in-the-life of this site, which was set-up illegally as an emergency response to escalating deaths in the neighbourhood before being granted permission to operate as a consumption and treatment service in 2018.

We heard from those struggling to cope with the realities of addiction to super-strength fentanyl as well as those whose lives had been saved by the Moss Park team.
Listen here
What did we dig up this week?
A round up of our investigations in the last seven days
Alarm over nuclear safety lapses on the Clyde
The number of safety incidents that could have leaked radiation at the Trident nuclear base on the Clyde has risen to the highest in 15 years.
‘A foundation to build on’: Can Scotland’s first safer injection site tackle the drugs crisis?
This summer, Glasgow will become the first city in the UK to open an authorised safer drug consumption facility. But can it help tackle the drugs crisis?
Question of the Week
Do you support Glasgow's first safer drug consumption facility, due to open later this year?
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Best of the rest
Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world
Brain waste
Analysis of data previously unavailable to journalists reveals exclusion of skilled migrants from the jobs Europe most needs to fill to prevent economic decline. (Lighthouse Reports)
Why China is so bad at disinformation
China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it. (Wired)
‘Infringing our rights’: Nigerian nurses sue over effort to stem ‘brain drain’
New guidelines require newly trained nurses to work in Nigeria for two years after 42,000 left country since 2021. (Open Democracy)
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