New Scottish Cabinet Announced
The new Scottish Cabinet was announced today: First Minister: Alex Salmond Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy: Nicola Sturgeon Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment…
Edinburgh Council tries to ban “Reclaim the Night” march to keep women safe
Edinburgh City Council has tried to ban a Reclaim the Night march. It claims that a march promoting safer streets is too dangerous, and must be stopped to keep women…
Great Green Elections 1 – Mark Ballard elected Rector of Edinburgh University 2006
The upcoming Scottish and Welsh elections offer us the chance to look back at some great Green election successes in the past. Of course, Greens, as a fairly new electoral…
Osama bin Laden is Dead. We must exorcise his ghost from our Nightmares
2011 has been a momentous year. The ripple of Arab revolutions across the Mediterranean, the tsunami that hit Japan and the resultant nuclear problems, and now the death of Osama…
Bright Green Crowd-Sources Buried Bad News
On September 11th 2001 – the day the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were brought down by Osama bin Laden’s militants – Jo Moore a…
How Personal Autonomy can Win Freedom Back for Progressives
This election has been characterised by a remarkable focus on the personalities of party leaders, on the UK coalition and by little focus on the powers of the Scottish Parliament.…
Students win in Scotland through Power of Protest
Jim Hacker, the fictional Prime Minister in “Yes Prime Minister” at one point says grandiosely of the electorate “It's the people's will. I am their leader; I must follow them.”…
Greens Set the Agenda for Scottish Coalition Government
The Scottish Greens today set out their ‘red lines’ for any coalition. These lines are policies that the party won’t cross to enter government. it's almost certain the next Scottish…
What Cameron and Willetts Really mean when they Attack Immigration and Feminism
Today David Cameron is indulging in some hardline populist rhetoric on immigration. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Conservatives need someone to blame for the failure of Thatcherism to…
Edinburgh University’s Princess Anne Own Goal
Earlier this month Edinburgh University chose to shoot itself in the foot. Given the chance to show how the University had changed, how it had moved away from its elitist…