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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Scottish Policy
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…
The business agenda – intentionally lost in translation
There is a whole lexicon of business-leader-speak which is crafted to sound like objective analysis of the state of the nation rather than the self-interested lobbying it really is
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We can’t keep pretending that Lockerbie is over
The tide in Lockerbie is around our ears; it is too late to play Canute, but there is just about time to lift up our heads
We’re not losing the class war, but we are losing the battles
The class war rumbles on, but we need to lift up our eyes and remind ourselves that universalism is a crucial element in any victory
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The belligerent Major is not alone
Finally, a politician says in public that the military damages people. If only anyone would listen.
Scottish film can’t be all flower, no stem
The debate on a Scottish film industry simply reflects Scotland’s default economic strategy – try and transplant success with nothing to support it
It’s a Craig Whyte economy
Suddenly everyone knows that the Rangers owner is a devious parasite. So why don’t they realise that he is the embodiment of British Capitalism and not an aberration?
Trump – master of Egg Power
It looks hard, it acts soft, but really it’s just a mess: Donald Trump is not that powerful and none of us should miss this great opportunity to ignore him
Should we add a cash motive to policing?
At first sight most people will be supportive of the idea of a ‘gangster tax’ – but we do at least need to think about the potential precedent