Our Right, Our Powers – the Stirling Directive
On Saturday 22nd July we took part in a piece of history. Along with two hundred others at Holyrood the Stirling Directive was launched. You’re
25 July 2023 No Comments
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To Whom the Crown Belongs
If you would rule a people, you must sit amongst them. The royals seem to be taking this piece of Machiavellian advice to heart of
5 July 2023 No Comments
The Rigged Market
There’s a book with the rather unsexy title ’23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism’ by Ha Joon Chang. It’s worth a browse however.
28 June 2023 No Comments
An Open Letter to the FM Candidates
Dear FM candidate, It’s been a bad time for Scotland since 2014; a sair fecht as some might say. Conversely it’s been a purple patch
26 February 2023 No Comments
This Week In Scotland – Week 38
Gas Price Rise/Winter of Discontent With the news that another two gas supply companies have gone bust, leaving thousands of people with probably higher bills
24 September 2021 No Comments
This Week In Scotland – Week 37
The Queen’s Privilege Not content with being exempted from laws which don’t suit the monarch’s aspirations, we learned this week that she is also in
18 September 2021 No Comments
This Week In Scotland – Week 36
Trident While the SNP has belatedly named a vague, possible date for indyref 2, the SNP conference next week will debate a timeline for Trident
11 September 2021 No Comments
This Week In Scotland – Week 35
It’s GRA All the Way The SNP/Green coalition and its priorities became clearer this week. GRA reform was top of the agenda with the government
4 September 2021 No Comments
This Week In Scotland – Week 34
SNP/Green coalition Greens at Holyrood. Despite disagreement on a number of policy areas, thereseems to be broad agreement particularly on climate and gender reform. Bothparties
28 August 2021 No Comments
The More Things Change – the SNP/Green Coalition
The SNP and the Greens entered a coalition this week. This is probably the least surprising thing to happen in Scottish politics for a while,
23 August 2021 No Comments