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All Dominic Cummings needed was ‘plausible deniability’. In the world of sharply polarised political opinion, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s closest adviser, and a key strategic figure in the UK Government,...

Craig Dalzell continues his series on the sectoral impact of the Covid pandemic by looking at retail and the High Street. I MISS RESTAURANTS. Of all the changes that have...

It was interesting to see Troy Deeney, the Watford English Premier League football captain, explain why he wouldn’t be going back into work.  He said: “My problem was in the meeting,...

THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT has published its latest routemap on how Scotland can end lockdown. It represents a much more detailed version of the plan outlined at the start of this...

In his latest essay on the future of the Scottish independence movement, Jonathon Shafi considers the possibilities and pitfalls of a new political party IN RECENT MONTHS, there has been...

With few protections being given to renters since the Covid-19 crisis hit, and record job and income loss, a high burden is being placed on the shoulders of renters. We...

It is a grim irony that on the day it was announced that Heriot-Watt University had removed the Salmond “rocks will melt with the sun before I allow tuition fees...

ON MONDAY, with bleakly appropriate timing, Mental Health Awareness Week began in the UK. This year’s efforts by the Mental Health Foundation and its collaborators are as laudable as ever,...

Common Weal Versus the Virus: The virus is exposing the reality of the weaknesses in our economy, society and democracy. Over the last six years Common Weal has been showing...

Beyond the Noise is a Source News podcast, looking at the ideas behind the news agenda. Earlier this month Scotland lost one of its most important contemporary intellectuals, Neil Davidson....