Tough-minded, abrupt, likable, human: Martin McGuinness
The Guardian, by Alastair Campbell
21.03.17
Asked recently to pick just one great memory from my time with Tony Blair in Downing …
Dear members and friends,
The social media attacks on Scotland’s leading women politicians shocked me – what kind of people write that stuff; sometimes the ferocity of public life gets me…
This week Senscot and the Scottish Community Alliance hosted a Participatory Budgeting (PB) Masterclass delivered by Jez Hall (PB Partners and Share Future CIC). Scottish Government is promoting PB th…
North Lanarkshire Council is accused of 'emotional blackmail' in plan to raid Pupil Equity Fund
Herald Scotland, by Andrew Denholm
15.03.17
One of Scotland’s largest councils is planning …
Muirfield golf club overturns men-only policy
BBC News
15.03.17
Muirfield golf club has voted to admit women as members for the first time in its history.
Members at the privately-owned …
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman – review
The Guardian, by Will Hutton
15.03.17
This is a book with one compelling proposition for which you can forgi…
Utopian thinking: the easy way to eradicate poverty
The Guardian, by Rutger Bregman
15.03.17
Why do poor people make so many bad decisions? It’s a harsh question, but look at the da…
State of the unionists: new test for pro-UK Scots
Politico, by David Torrance
15.03.17
In the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster are four large mosaic panels depicting the patron saints…
Big care providers are wasting taxpayers’ money
New Ecomonics, by Sarah Lyall
15.03.17
In his final Spring Budget on Wednesday, the Chancellor announced that he would pour &po…
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman – review
Our Daily Read, by Will Hutton
15.03.17
The Dutch historian’s blueprint for a liberal paradise is chal…
Police investigate online death threats against political leaders
The Times, by Hamish Macdonell
13.03.17
Police officers are investigating death threats and online abuse directed at Nicola Stu…
Dear members and friends,
At a recent 80th birthday party – one of my former golf mates is remembering my ‘hole in one’ on the short first at Kilspindie – 20 years ago. His dr…
