Save Our Services: East Edinburgh Edition
Sometimes, something happens that restores your faith in activism, and humanity in general. This week, I had one of those moments at a public meeting for Save Our Services East…
Assessing the Evidence on the ‘Community Right to Buy’
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act, passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2003, provoked both controversy and enthusiasm. Best known for creating Scotland’s ‘Right to Roam’, - the right to responsible…
What are current political conditions, and how could a Commons approach flourish in them?
In Robin McAlpine’s superb analysis (After the election . . . where next for Scottish Politics?) the Scottish Parliamentary Holyrood May 2011 election was about a long term process in…
Introducing the Land Issue Part 2: Why it Matters and How it Can Change
“The impact of the land tenure system goes far beyond land use. It influences the size and distribution of an area’s population; the labour skills and the entrepreneurial experiences of…
Introducing the Land Issue Part 1: How Scotland is Owned.
Part 2 will be posted this afternoon Whenever I have a conversation about Scottish nationalism, someone always argues that Scotland, for whatever reason, is somewhat to the left of England…
Some (Constructively) Critical Reflections on STUC Youth Conference
Last weekend I attended the STUC Youth Conference as a delegate from UCU. I'm told there hasn't been a delegate from my union in a while, in a sense that's…
Hutting: A social Revolution waiting to happen
In Scotland, in Britain and in most of the Western world we have a profoundly dysfunctional relationship with work and leisure. For too many of us living for the weekend,…
Let’s hit the Hut
by Dominic Hinde The recent flurry of news surrounding the unique Carbeth cabins north of Glasgow and the inability of their owners and tenants to access them has again highlighted…
On the Future of Food in Scotland: An interview with Pete Ritchie (Part 1)
Jo Ritchie interviews one of the leading voices in Scotland's organic movement. Part 2 will be up tomorrow morning - the 29th I’m sitting across the table from my dad…
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…