The constitutional earthquake of 2014, which for years rippled into political aftershocks felt across different elections – general, Scottish, local – seems to, for now, subsided.
IF there has been one thing more than most keeping struggling families awake at night it has been the price of energy. The increasing number on the dial, with each passing revolution on the meter, means more worry and more stress to make ends meet.
Last week’s anti-poverty summit called by the First Minister was a welcome initiative and I was an enthusiastic attendee on behalf of the STUC. The cross-party approach and getting the right people in the room – including, importantly those with lived experience of poverty – is suggestive of a leader who wants to roll up his sleeves and tackle the scarring effect of poverty on so many of our people, not to mention our longer-term economic health.
Our democracy is in crisis, or, at the very least, going through a "difficult patch".
IT’s been a month since my last column in The National and if a week can be a long time in politics, the past 30 days in the Scottish bubble have seemed like
As last Tuesday morning broke, the now ex-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon shared a story on her Instagram. Walking around Holyrood Park, the snap was set to the tune of Michael Buble’s “Feelin’ Good” with lyrics: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me”.
LAST week’s “wildcat strike” appears to have ended in victory for Gary Lineker, but its impact could be long-lasting. It is a very high-profile example of how workplace solidarity is growing across this country.
