Community climate projects axed as funding halved by Scottish Government by qwertyfan May 16, 2019 0 The Scottish Government has quietly halved funding for communities tackling climate pollution, depriving 43 local projects of grants and putting... Read more
A Europe free to roam means real control – Newsnet.scot by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 By Russell Bruce England is about to embark on a brave and foolish experiment. It’s called Brexit. Scotland must show... Read more
EU Elections In Perspective: The European centre’s fight against ‘democratic change’ is failing by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 CommonSpace is interviewing political commentators from different perspectives on the EU ahead of European elections on 23 May. In the... Read more
Linda Pearson: How Scottish Councils could become a beacon for the anti-Nukes movement internationally by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Linda Pearson, Don’t Bank on the Bomb Scotland campaigner, says that Renfrewshire Council’s call to divest their pension fund investment... Read more
‘Elephant in the room’: Report finds Scotland must choose between North Sea industry collapse or green transition by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Campaigners call for end of Scottish Government support for Oil & Gas UK plans for fresh rounds of oil extraction... Read more
Renfrewshire Council becomes first in UK to call on its Pension Fund to divest from nuclear weapons by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Campaigners set to encourage other councils to pass motions similar to Renfrewshire Council’s Renfrewshire Council motion calls on Strathclyde Pension... Read more
‘Stop dragging your feet’: Michael Gove refuses to commit to net-zero target at Holyrood committee by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Gove claimed the challenge of climate change showed the benefits of the union, despite the Scottish Government’s emissions reduction ambition... Read more
Preserving our values by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Long long ago, back in the distant days of 2014 when Labour dinosaurs still stalked the Earth, or at least... Read more
Feisty Productions : Democratic deficits by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Andrew Marr interviewed Damian Hinds (he’s the current Education Secretary-nope me neither) and Nigel Farage on his show this Sunday.... Read more
Snooping fears over police seizing a hundred phones a day by qwertyfan May 15, 2019 0 Police Scotland has admitted seizing more than a hundred mobile phones a day, amid mounting calls for ministers to clarify... Read more