On 1st January 2015, people in Scotland celebrated 10 years of having an enforceable right to access information from our 10,000 plus public bodies in Scotland. What impact has this right made to the lives of individuals and communities?
It was the very saddest news today to hear that Ailsa McKay had died after a long – and very spirited – battle with cancer. I first met Ailsa when we approached her to become… Read More »Ailsa McKay
On 10 October General Sectretary of Unite Len McCluskey gave the second Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture. This is the text of his lecture, entitled We Are Not Rats; the role of workers and trade unions in politics
RIP Iain Banks, a true supporter of the Scottish left
The makey-upy statistics on how much a single police force will ‘save’ Scotland offers just one more example of ‘hopeonomics’ – accountants balance sheets comprising of ideology rather than numbers.
As interest in local democracy falters while the position of the powerful in society becomes more powerful again, all set against a backdrop of powerful and influential millionaires, the rest of us need a signal from Scotland’s politicians that we still matter.
Read More »Please, send us a signal that we don’t need to be on the Rich List to matter