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Finance Minister Derek Mackay said a government cash injection to Ferguson Marine without nationalisation, as proposed by current owner Jim McColl, would be “illegal” under EU state aid rules Scottish...

Common Weal calls for the end of grouse hunting and for a rational conversation about how to better use Scotland’s land. Head of Policy and Research, Dr Craig Dalzell examines...

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray reviews an introduction to self-determination which reaches reasonable conclusions but via a problematic route THE QUESTION of self-determination has been in the spotlight in recent years...

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 news cycle and gets to the heart of issues,...

Huge financial houses like RBS are parasites with no healthy social purpose THIS week (5 August) Ross McEwan, the outgoing chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, told a swanky...

In the Cartoon of the Week, Lorna Miller reflects on recent developments around indyref2, and the endless patience of the independence movement… To view the last Cartoon of the Week,...

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh, director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, speaks to CommonSpace ahead of his tour dates in Edinburgh and Glasgow this weekend (3 and 4 August)...

Boris Johnson’s first trip to Northern Ireland as prime minister ended with a stand-off over a referendum on Irish unification – what would it take for such a vote to...

CommonSpace engages in an unscientific survey of No voting East Renfrewshire SCOTLAND is entangled in a UK-wide political crisis, the complexity and chaotic nature of which is unprecedented since at...

We Are One Festival 9-11 August is free entry The We Are One Festival will host a series of debates and workshops, including the launch of the ‘Homes not Hospitals’ campaign, a...