Welfare state of mind
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
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Iain Banks: the left loses a great supporter
RIP Iain Banks, a true supporter of the Scottish left
Economy plan chained by convention
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
Farage debacle a chill wind for Scottish politics
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.
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The difference between disclosure and transparency
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?
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Thatcher failed
Article for Scotsman on Thatcher’s legacy – she succeeded politically and culturally but structurally she failed Britain completely.
Real Freedom Sounds Like Many Voices
The press regulation debate is pitiful and we deserve – and can have – better. My article from Bella Caledonia
Media hypocrisy shames our newspapers
The media’s reporting of the politic of press regulation shames it. It demonstrates a hypocrisy and abuse of power it would not tolerate in others. With each new editorial it’s credibility and reputation slip further.
The Spirit of ’45
‘THE SPIRIT OF ’45’ by Ken Loach Aberdeen Belmont Dundee DCA Edinburgh Cameo Glasgow Grosvenor Theatre Glasgow Film Theatre Inverness Eden Court Theatre – Special Event: Spirit of ’45/Live Satellite Q&A Sunday 17th March… Read More »The Spirit of ’45
Inquiries and the deformed state
The British State’s attitude to inquiries is like the Hapsburg’s attitude to marriage – who cares if the outcome is deformity and an inability to function properly. So long as we don’t let outsiders meddle in our affairs we’ll still be Kings of the World., even if we can’t see and our fragile skeleton will no longer sustain our weight.