Normalising gerrymandering on the BBC by qwertyfan October 3, 2020 0 On Friday evening on BBC Reporting Scotland there was a sly wee piece which attempted to normalise the idea that... Read moreDetails
Liam McCabe: Students locked down without family support need our attention – Source by qwertyfan October 2, 2020 0 SCOTTISH STUDENTS were already looking at a challenging year amid the Covid-19 crisis. With diminished opportunities for employment to supplement... Read moreDetails
Ellen Höfer: Equality and women’s land rights in Scotland – Source by qwertyfan October 2, 2020 0 SHOULD the Holyrood 2021 election return a result that sees the SNP forming another government, Nicola Sturgeon will be on... Read moreDetails
Ineos, SSE, and Exxon top polluter ‘league of destruction’ by qwertyfan October 2, 2020 0 The petrochemical multinational, Ineos, is by far the largest climate polluter in Scotland, according to the latest official data.Five oil,... Read moreDetails
The sea change by qwertyfan October 2, 2020 0 There’s no podcast today because I got mixed up about dates and thought that last night I was supposed to... Read moreDetails
A Home Office inspired dystopia is closer than you think – Source by qwertyfan October 2, 2020 0 The breaking news is that US President Donald Trump has tested positive for covid-19. It comes just five weeks ahead... Read moreDetails
Analysis: It’s easy to laugh – but the US is the rotten heart of global ‘democracy’ – Source by qwertyfan October 1, 2020 0 ON 30 SEPTEMBER, global headlines struggled to make sense of the first US Presidential debate. The general tone was one... Read moreDetails
Fin Laing: The failures of 2020 provide an opportunity to reform our broken exam system – Source by qwertyfan October 1, 2020 0 PROFESSOR MARK PRIESLEY’S review of the 2020 Scottish exam system is days away from release at the time of writing,... Read moreDetails
Séamus McGuigan: Independence and the legalism trap – Source by qwertyfan October 1, 2020 0 THE LATEST existential drama to engulf the SNP saw a new development this week as the so called ‘Plan B’... Read moreDetails
Robin McAlpine: Prisoner-students were inevitable because of our university-businesses – Source by qwertyfan October 1, 2020 0 FOR 12 YEARS of my life I was the spokesperson for Scotland’s universities and their chief political strategist. The current... Read moreDetails