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Matthew Laurenson

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 6, 2026
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Jul 11, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Matthew Laurenson

    STRAIGHT TALKING: Britain will use oil and gas for decades to come - and Shetland should share in the wealth and opportunity which the next chapter can bring (opens the original)

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    Britain will use oil and gas for decades to come. Nobody seriously disputes that. The real question is whether we produce more of what we need ourselves, supporting jobs, tax revenues and energy security, or increasingly import it from elsewhere with a higher carbon footprint. It is a relief to see that Britain’s leaders are beginning to recognise this reality. With the Conservative party now firmly in support of new offshore drilling, Scottish Labour’s leadership candidates both saying like

  2. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · Matthew Laurenson

    STRAIGHT TALKING: Woke creed is a poor and lifeless imitation of the Christian gospel (opens the original)

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    I am an evangelical Christian. That means I believe the Bible is God’s word, rather than something to be modified to suit my own ends. That means I believe in sin, repentance, righteousness, judgement and redemption. The Bible clearly teaches that all of us have missed the mark, we have all fallen short of living out the perfect commands of a holy God. The gospel begins with the uncomfortable truth that we are sinners but offers the outrageous promise that forgiveness and a righteousness we co

  3. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Matthew Laurenson

    STRAIGHT TALKING: The state does not own our kids and should not be encouraging pupils to ‘experiment’ with sexual identity (opens the original)

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    After we got married in 2013, my wife and I moved into one of Aberdeen’s most deprived neighbourhoods to help lead youth work with teenagers. We saw the increasing erosion of childhood. Not in theory. but in the faces of young people who were already carrying more than they should. I will never forget one girl. Katie (not her name) came from a broken home. Her life was difficult and unstable, and she looked to us for support, kindness and a bit of adult steadiness. Then one evening she arrived

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