Devolve the Crown Estates, but do it properly
Trying to devolve powers over the head of those below is wrong, but so is hollowing out the only layer of government at the local level what would be worth devolving powers to.
Scottish Policy
Spanish children may have best economic recovery plan so far
A survey of children in Spain suggests that they may be best placed to implement a proper social policy response to the economic crisis.
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Does anyone believe in democracy anymore?
Despite our purported love for democracy, the university debate shows that ‘senior people’ consider the idea of democracy to be all threat and no opportunity
Don’t allow the drift towards police privatisation
The move towards a single police force for Scotland will only make it easier for private cartels to try and start breaking up a public police force so police services can be hived-off for profit
A retail-led recovery? Get back to school. Primary school.
The gnashing of teeth over the failure of a retail-led economic recovery is the sound of the old order paralysed in a theoretical world where nothing works any more. Why is anyone still listening?
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Read this – so you know why the competitiveness stuff is wrong
It won’t take you long to skim this article but after you do you will be in a much better position to argue against George Osborne and the cut-business-tax-and-deregulate gang
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Whisper it; tax is good for us all
The horse-trading over tax at Westminster shows that as a political culture we have simply failed to understand what tax is for – or to celebrate it as we should
Great to hear the talk but ‘left’ means something
We have suddenly seen a resurgence in political attacks on the ‘right’ in Scottish politics. Just as long as everyone remembers its a political philosophy and not a photo op.
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The aroma of pretty flowers can’t cover the stench
It’s got nothing to do with the Union Square garden proposal which seems nice. It’s everything else that should make us uneasy.
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Another day, another shameless corporate bluff
Does the CBI have a grasp of basic market economics? Its stance on the Tesco Tax suggests not. Unless of course it’s bluffing…