The solid ground by qwertyfan September 8, 2020 0 It’s very possible that Scotland has reached the tipping point, when it shifts from being a country which is ambivalent ...
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast: Hard times by qwertyfan October 6, 2020 0 Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s ...
Robin McAlpine: There is such a good story to tell about GERS – will we ever tell it? – Source by qwertyfan August 27, 2020 0 WHILE I can’t abide the cruelty involved, there is a moment hunters describe when their prey realises there is no ...
David Jamieson: Outcry over Tory brinkmanship covers malaise of ‘independence in Europe’ – Source by qwertyfan September 8, 2020 0 THE BREXIT ROW of Monday (9 September) had a Proustian recall quality to it. The French literary master famously transported ...
Analysis: Time to ditch the ‘lone wolf’ label – we are facing organised fascist violence – Source by qwertyfan August 27, 2020 0 IN 1968, Joseph Bachmann shot and gravely injured radical student leader Rudi Dutschke in Berlin. For decades afterward, Bachmann was ...
In memory of Graham Kemp – Source by qwertyfan September 1, 2020 0 TODAY, we at Common Weal got some very sad news. One of our most inspiring activists has died and the ...
The road to irrelevance by qwertyfan September 5, 2020 0 After Scotland regains its independence, British nationalist zoom blogger Effie Deans must be preserved for the nation as a national ...
In a specific and limited way by qwertyfan September 9, 2020 0 On Tuesday, something remarkable happened. Brandon Lewis, a British Government minister, stood up in the House of Commons and announced ...
What price will the Scottish Liberal Democrats pay for becoming a pro-Brexit party? by qwertyfan September 6, 2020 0 By all accounts, one of the tactics that helped the Liberal Democrats to narrowly regain North-East Fife last year was ...
Robin McAlpine: Prisoner-students were inevitable because of our university-businesses – Source by qwertyfan October 1, 2020 0 FOR 12 YEARS of my life I was the spokesperson for Scotland’s universities and their chief political strategist. The current ...