Get On the Buses!
Nicola Biggerstaff With the news that First Bus will be scrapping their staple night bus service for Glasgow and the surrounding area at the end …
Month: July 2023
Decriminalising drugs won’t help
Robin McAlpine My formative years were in the 1990s; recreational drugs were everywhere. As a result I have absolutely no illusions about their reality. I …
A Deal With The Devolved – Part Two
Craig Dalzell Back in March I wrote about the plans the Scottish Government had for the new Green Freeports. Not content with merely supporting and …
Care Home Fees and the Cost of Care
Nick Kempe Care home fees and the cost of care – Scottish Care’s relationship with the Scottish Government The relationship between successive Scottish Government and …
Peering Through The Glass Wall
Craig Dalzell Common Weal is celebrating this week, and it’s not because someone with Magic Blood™ came up to Edinburgh for a day to don …
Here Come the Trams
Kaitlin Dryburgh Residents of Edinburgh rejoice in the new tram extension completion, or do they? For some the Edinburgh trams are a sign of public …
Surveillance Capitalism
Rory Hamilton Yesterday (6th July), Instagram/Meta’s new Twitter-competitor app Threads launched, and soared to ten million users within seven hours (now 30 million in 24 hours and …
‘Happy’ Birthday, NHS?
Nicola Biggerstaff This week saw the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service. Launched on the 5th of July 1948, by then …
SNP: No More Talk on Climate
Calum Hodgson, Scotland Campaigner at Green New Deal Rising In the past year, I’ve noticed more and more that the world is changing around us. …
Walk On Scotland
Kaitlin Dryburgh- 5th July 2023 Sport should mean lots of different things to different people, a hobby, something to help keep you sane at the …