Response: the IF campaign is no government cheerleader
Chris Hegarty is Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor at Christian Aid Scotland, and Chair of the IF campaign in Scotland. Last week’s Bright Green Scotland blog about the IF campaign…
“IF…” campaign was agreed with Government a year in advance
Memos from within the UK Department for International Development, released under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation, offer a glimpse of how the big aid charities' Enough Food For Everyone campaign…
A Community Strategy to Beat Austerity
Guest post by Jon Bee The attacks on our standard of living as a result of the economic crisis and the neo-liberal cuts agenda are currently being fought against by…
Open letter to Laurie Penny – we love you
Dear Laurie, You've had to deal with a lot of shit of late. Much of this has come from from people on the right. We hear tales of threats of…
Memo: this isn’t the Wing Wing
Dear campaigners, You don't live in the West Wing. I know that it's great. I know you like to think that you are Josh, and that your slightly grumpy mate…
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…
Greens need to get out of the Comfort Zone to win
In the 2009 Rectorial election at Edinburgh University New Labour grandee George Foulkes was on his way to defeat by Iain Macwhirter. Foulkes couldn't escape the consequences of voting for…