Month: January 2019

Common Weal head of policy & research Dr Craig Dalzell looks in depth at Export Statistics Scotland’s latest publication, and finds it reveals truths about Scotland’s economy which do not ...

Human rights campaigners have expressed concern over the safety of vulnerable people held at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre after a sharp rise in crime complaints over the past five years. ...

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray looks at whether the Scottish Greens have won enough in their Budget agreement with the Scottish Government THE Scottish Government is set to pass its 2019/20 Budget ...

Deal includes commitment to cross-party talks on replacing the Council Tax in the next parliament The deal includes increased core funding for councils, extra powers on levies, and a commitment ...

A deal has been struck between the SNP minority administration and the Scottish Greens to get the budget passed. Some SNP supporters had criticised the Greens for not immediately signing ...

We’ve got no words for this, so we’ll let it stand by itself. Because 55% voted No. Welcome to Brexit. Category comment, europe, scottish politics, uk politics Trackback: trackback from ...

STV News gets the new year off to a cheery start today: The headline, as alert readers will be accustomed to by now, is a flat-out lie. As far as ...

As I've said a number of times, political prediction is usually a mug's game, and that could hardly be more true than at this exact moment.  Britain might be about ...

The last two years, particularly 2018, have been a pretty miserable time in the annals of Scottish independence. Not because support has fallen – it hasn’t budged an inch, however ...