20 public bodies pressing for restrictions on public right to know by qwertyfan August 11, 2019 0 Twenty public sector bodies have urged MSPs to weaken freedom of information law by increasing charges, widening exemptions and relaxing... Read more
Nothing has changed: vote-splitting in Holyrood elections is still a mug’s game by qwertyfan August 10, 2019 0 So I've just been catching up with today's news (gleefully announced by Kenny "Devo or Death" Farquharson) that Wings Over... Read more
Running the numbers by qwertyfan August 10, 2019 0 So, there’s been quite a response to our interview in today’s Times. The interview was an interesting one in itself... Read more
Hung out to dry by qwertyfan August 10, 2019 0 ‘He raises a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2017 which claimed that Tory austerity was linked to... Read more
Book Review: Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion? by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 CommonSpace editor Ben Wray reviews an introduction to self-determination which reaches reasonable conclusions but via a problematic route THE QUESTION... Read more
Beyond the Noise: Why the British constitution is finished by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the... Read more
Johnson and Cummings playing with fire over the Backstop – Newsnet.scot by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 Johnson and puppet master Dominic Cummings By Russell Bruce A few weeks ago Statista produced an article and diagram of... Read more
Wee Ginger Dugcast – 9 August 2019 by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 In the latest edition of the dugcast, The National’s editor Callum Baird and I discuss what has been a momentous... Read more
Honest subtitles: Ruth Davidson on John McDonnell and indyref2 – YouTube by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 Read more
Analysis: RBS say they’d leave an indy Scotland – but who would want them? by qwertyfan August 9, 2019 0 Huge financial houses like RBS are parasites with no healthy social purpose THIS week (5 August) Ross McEwan, the outgoing chief... Read more