The Jimmy Reid Foundation (JRF) has no view or policy on Brexit, settled or otherwise, because we do not take such positions. We are able, however, to form views and analysis on the particular ramifications of the type of… Read More »Brexit: rights, risks and responsibilities
Workplace relations – a new agenda for progressive change? by Gregor Gall, professor of industrial relations, University of Bradford We are in the midst of unprecedented political turmoil. Fortunately, this has allowed the bringing forward… Read More »‘Quick Note’ on Workplace Relations Published
Better Human Rights Together? The election of 31 Conservatives to the Scottish Parliament creates opportunities for campaigners who oppose the UK Government’s plans to abolish the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill… Read More »Better Human Rights Together?
Despite the mantra that tax cuts resolve economic concerns, writes Robin McAlpine, it’s only the rich who ever benefit – Scotsman article from today
Nationalising Scotland’s oil is not a priority – stopping multinationals and their pals in the Treasury fleecing us again in the renewables field as they did in oil is: Robin McAlpine’s article from today’s Scotsman
My Scotsman article – Political leaders and their parties have to be told to stop parroting what the plutocrats want them to say and start doing what the people who elected them told them to
Belatedly – my piece in The Scotsman the Scottish Government economic paper: The SNP’s plan, while recognising some of what not to do, seems to include repeating the mistakes that caused the economic crisis in the first place
The response to a protest against an anti-immigration, xenophobic political party has been as hard to believe as it has been distorted. The impact on Scottish politics is alarming.
Read More »Farage debacle a chill wind for Scottish politics
Disclosure is telling facts; transparency is telling facts with the expectation that you will be held to account. Why does Better Together not seem to know the difference?
Read More »The difference between disclosure and transparency
Article for Scotsman on Thatcher’s legacy – she succeeded politically and culturally but structurally she failed Britain completely.