Orientation Day
Tomorrow is a crucial day for the SNP. It is also a crucial day for quite a few SNP politicians. Here’s why. It is more than a vote on NATO, it is a vote to decide what kind of Party is the SNO. First,...
View ArticleA party without a leadership, a leadership without a party
The NATO vote has destroyed careers and brought many in the SNP to the verge. But they must all be patient – today was a giant victory for principle and for the left. Stay – defend those who made you...
View ArticleA right-wing agenda for the SNP
Today the Scotland on Sunday has outlined a clear right-wing agenda for the SNP. We can’t afford to dismiss this as wishful thinking. And so, as I sort-of predicted a while back, the campaign to make...
View ArticleWhat should have been learned in ‘back-to-front’ week
Those who interpret and predict Scottish politics spent last week fussing over a minor bluff while, potentially, the very structural integrity of Scottish politics may have begun to shift You go away...
View ArticleThis is Not a Protest
Anyone who was involved in yesterday’s Radical Independence Conference knows the political buzz is justified, but the big question is ‘what next?’ The Radical Independence Conference which was held...
View ArticleTwo Post-RIC Contributions
So much stuff coming in post-RIC. Here are two interesting contributions we’ve received; George Campbell with an interesting take on how to develop some aspects of an economic agenda and Tom Coles with...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the First Minister’s lecture
Last night First Minister Alex Salmond gave the inaugural Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture on the theme ‘Addressing Alienation: the opportunity of independence’. These are a few thoughts on what he said. We...
View ArticlePoverty isn’t a rebranding opportunity
Scottish Labour is suddenly all about poverty, but it looks more like a means to attack the SNP than a realisation of past errors. Credibility comes from action, not PR. Everyone at the Reid Foundation...
View ArticleWhat next for ‘Common Weal’?
It has been a promising start to a project to outline the details of a better Scotland. But now it is for others to shape the path forward. Well, to say that the reaction to our discussion paper on the...
View ArticleWork for the Common Weal
We need a new economic philosophy, one where people come together for the benefit of all members of society – Scotsman article from today IF YOU have one uncontested political philosophy and it fails,...
View ArticleOutsourcing public services is damaging for staff and service users, says TUC
The outsourcing of public services provision to private providers has a detrimental impact on the workforce and a knock-on effect on the quality of care, says a new TUC report. The research, conducted...
View ArticleAction Against Austerity
The People’s Assembly Scotland Against Austerity has a petition against austerity cuts. To find out more go to http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/Scotland
View ArticleLatest Edition of Scottish Left Review Published
Industrial Democracy and General Election Predictions Dominate 18 Articles offer informative, provocative and constructive comment in the latest Issue of Scottish Left Review (SLR)...
View ArticleA party without a leadership, a leadership without a party
The NATO vote has destroyed careers and brought many in the SNP to the verge. But they must all be patient - today was a giant victory for principle and for the left. Stay - defend those who made you...
View ArticleA right-wing agenda for the SNP
Today the Scotland on Sunday has outlined a clear right-wing agenda for the SNP. We can't afford to dismiss this as wishful thinking. The post A right-wing agenda for the SNP appeared first on The...
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