Month: May 2019

In this week’s Wee Ginger Dugcast myself and National editor Callum Baird discuss the EU election results and what it tells us about the state of the UK. Also on ...

Ander Larunbe looks at the spate of recent elections in the Basque Country, and the strong performance of the Basque pro-independence leftist coalition EH Bildu THE YEAR 2019 has been marked by ...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament and much has been written about the achievements of Holyrood since 1999. In an interview with The Herald newspaper, Secretary ...

Head of Policy & Research Dr Craig Dalzell comments on the passing of a motion supporting the creation of a Scottish Statistics Agency. The SNP conference was marked by several ...

Amazon pays more to Fife Council in rates and rent than it does to the UK government in corporation tax, prompting calls for the internet giant to pay its “fair ...

Scottish Venezuela Solidarity Campaign appeals to Scotland’s progressive parties to oppose “US-sponsored regime change” Following violent clashes inspired by a video address from opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan President Nicolas ...

You've probably seen Neil Mackay's rather provocative list of "issues" that the Yes movement must supposedly address in order to win.  Unsurprisingly it has sharply divided opinion, with some of ...

Fleeing gang violence, more and more families from Central America are applying for asylum in the UK. Rhiannon J Davies met with one family from El Salvador to hear more ...

Key speech at the SNP’s spring conference on 27 April TIM RIDEOUT addresses the SNP conference in the run up to a vote on Scottish currency, moving Amendment D, which was ...

CommonSpace takes a look at what’s happening on May Day across the world MAY DAY, also known as Labour Day and International Workers’ Day, takes place on 1 May every year all around ...