Political Innovation is Needed to Catch Up with Student Anger
I attended the Political Innovation Conference in Edinburgh on Saturday. It was interesting, and a very well planned day in an excellent venue. Following what I suspect may be a…
Danny Alexander should Stop Consorting with Tax Avoiders
I received a flyer for an event today. It’s for people seeking to avoid tax, entitled “Are you Paying Too Much Tax”. I had the usual feelings of revulsion for…
If the Planet had Been a Bank it Would Have Been Saved Years Ago – Scottish Greens Conference Day 2
The second and final day of Scottish Green Party Conference was marked by two fantastic speeches, and two debates on Greens’ participating in coalitions. The speeches one by Caroline Lucas…
Day One – Scottish Green Party Conference
The most vital Scottish Green Party Conference to date kicked off today in the fantastic Craiglockhart venue we last visited in 2007. The spacious lobby allows plenty of room for…
The Green solution to Unemployment, Deficit and Recession
The country is at an economic turning point. Wednesday was the most significant domestic political event of most of our lives. It was the full announcement of a Comprehensive Spending…
Anger for Doomed Youth
Listening to George Osborne’s introduction to today’s Comprehensive Spending Review made me angry. Very angry. For all sorts of reasons. But the one that made me most angry was his…
Time for a Halt to Big Biomass
The people of Leith have been fighting proposals for a Biomass plant. This is an exercise in money-making masquerading as carbon-cutting. It is clear that the plant will take years…
A World in Crisis… What is the Alternative?
I spent this weekend nosing round some of the fascinating buildings in the Edinburgh Doors Open Day and at the POD Village Fair in Portobello. Last Sunday I enjoyed the…
The Future of Green Blogging
We’re delighted to have done so well in the Total Politics Blog Poll. We’d like to thank you for helping us to finish 61st in the Total Politics poll of…
How Edinburgh Council risks Squandering £168k
On the old ward based statistics, Craigmillar was the most deprived area in the East of Scotland. Years of economic decline compounded by high levels of drug use and unemployment…