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Learning from “Greens in Government™”
As we move forward, we must ensure that we are at the centre of decisions, that there remains a left-wing voice in Holyrood, and that we are not tempted by the neoliberal forces of even Scotland’s establishment if we are to return to power.

Scotland Vs USA - Abortion rights
How on earth have we reached the point where the Vice President of the United States of America is continually interfering in policing and the law around protest in Scotland? It’s not an accident, it’s a concerted plan.

Help us lob a molotov cocktail at failure
The scale of failure in Scotland now has gone well beyond concerning into really alarming territory. We can’t go on like this, but to create a manifesto of change we’ll need help…

A bankrupt university is a serious warning
The climate crisis is fairly clean cut for most of us. We need to stop the emissions and cut down on fossil fuel reliance. Scotland is fairly unique, as a country it omits a lot of carbon but additionally it has a very well established oil and gas industry.

Disabling People
The UK Labour Government is doing to disabled people what the Conservatives didn’t think they could get away with.

Covid - Five Years On
Craig’s personal reflections on his work at Common Weal five years ago during the Covid pandemic.

Britain’s aid shame
Graph of the Week - 14/March/2025