Analysis: Chagos ruling shows Britain won’t hang on to its 14 colonial leftovers forever by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 The United Nations’ ruling that the UK is obliged to relinquish the Chagos Archipelago will not be the last problem... Read more
Robin Mcalpine: Wish the new BBC channel well – and remember always to be for things, not against them by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that the independence movement’s attitude should be to build up – rather than knock down – those... Read more
‘So why haven’t you killed yourself?’: One person’s journey through the benefits system Part 2 of 3 by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 Three part series on one person’s journey through the benefits system. IN PART 2, Anne has to deal with changes to... Read more
Motherwell: Struggling to escape the past, cut to the bone in the present by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 Sean Bell reports from Motherwell, a town often defined by its history, but those working to combat poverty and austerity within... Read more
Rachel Goldie: Town centres could help older people get up to speed with the digital age together by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 Rachel Goldie, a designer working as part of the Kinworks team on the Tomorrow’s Older People project, says that town centres could... Read more
Aberdeenshire urged to drop waste incinerator by qwertyfan February 28, 2019 0 Aberdeenshire Council is being urged to scrap plans for a new waste incinerator with warnings that it could be harmful... Read more
WATCH: What can be done to revive Dumfries town centre? by qwertyfan February 27, 2019 0 As part of our special week of coverage on Scotland's towns and places, CommonSpace journalists Ben Wray and Rhiannon Davies... Read more
Duncan Vs. Reality by qwertyfan February 27, 2019 0 Lordy, is it that time again already? Let’s leave aside the most toweringly and obviously cretinous aspect of that insanely illogical... Read more
The myth makers of Westminster by qwertyfan February 27, 2019 0 I wouldn’t normally give the oxygen of publicity to anything published by the extremoyoons of the laughably misnamed A Force... Read more
Craig Dalzell: What could a common weal town look like? by qwertyfan February 27, 2019 0 Common Weal’s Head of Policy and Research Dr Craig Dalzell looks at the town centres and high streets of Scotland... Read more