Jun 23, 2020
This week’s look at politics from a left/indy perspective has a
definite outsiders theme.
The Scottish Advisory Group on Economic Recovery published its
report with an official fanfare yesterday. But, although it uses
all the buzzwords like resilience and fairness, is it yet another
piece of tinkering about the edges?
Compare this to the lack of coverage and analysis of Common
Weal’s Resilient Scotland research.
The Langholm Initiative have launched their crowdfunding
campaign as they attempt the largest community buyout in the south
of Scotland, hoping to bring 10,500 acres of old grouse moor into
community ownership. To be successful they need to raise over
£5million by October. Lesley is,understandably,outraged.
The Private Sector Resilience( that buzz word again) Group has
been meeting at Holyrood. All the usual Scottish government
“stakeholders” are involved. However one very significant set of
voices is not represented. I think you might guess who.
Pete Wishart has been the loudest in oppostion to the
development of a Plan B for independence, saying now is not the
time.
I take a keek at his arguments for sticking to Plan A.
There’s been a quiet upsurge in trade union membership over the
past couple of years which has moved into overdrive during the
Covid crisis. Who are the new trade unionists, and why are they
joining?
All this plus Trump’s Tulsa travails ,masked shopping, Stanley
Johnson’s passport pauchle, and just a wee mention of Dundee
United.
