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Three Things We Need to See From the Scottish Parliament After Recess

The cost of living, mental health and right of recall for MSPs - three things we need from the Scottish Parliament
naugural First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar

Scotland’s Parliament – Our Common Weal?

By working on issues that concern us all, Scotland’s divided politics can come back together this year.
British PM Boris Johnson eating an ice cream

Our Politics Has to Rise to the Occasion

Campaigning during May’s local elections, I found myself at the door of a small terraced house in Glasgow. The conversation I had with the woman who lived there, her children peeking round her legs to see who was at the door, has stayed with me in the months since.
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How To Fix The Energy Crisis

There’s nothing stopping Scotland from having lower energy bills and a carbon neutral future. To do so, we to need reform Britain’s energy union - not end it.
A demonstrator at a cost of living protest in Scotland

Three Ways to Help the Cost of Living

The Scottish government is looking to take cash from some spending pots to give to families in need. Here are three possible sources.​

Wales Has a New EU Exchange Plan for Students. Why Doesn’t Scotland?

Boris Johnson’s decision to quit Erasmus was cultural vandalism. Nicola Sturgeon’s failure to replace it for Scots is a broken promise.​

Experimenting with drugs

There are lots of people in Scotland who know what they’re doing. The Scottish government need to give them money and get out of the way.

We Deserve a Right to Recovery

Give people with drug addiction a right to proper recovery. And give charities and communities the freedom to provide it. How to fix Scotland’s drug death shame​.

To Improve Schools Across the UK, Let’s Learn From Each Other

Last week, the Times published a hefty report from its Education Commission. It arrived at a moment of change in education systems across the UK. So as each nation heads into the choppy waters of reform, what could they learn from this doorstep report? And what does it tell us about devolution itself?

Make Scotland Healthier? Make Veg Cheaper

The debate around how to improve our nation’s health has come round once again, and rightly so as Scotland is facing an obesity issue, with 65% of the population being overweight or obese. We need to have a better understanding of food and improve our overall relationship with food if we want to improve the nation’s health. 

A Hot Classroom with a ZX Spectrum

ThYou don’t have to be a policy expert to know that technology is the key to the future. It will increase efficiency, drive change and grow our economy, it is also paramount to our national security and resilience. Which makes it all the more baffling that this generation's affinity with technology is not being supported by Scotland’s education system. In fact, almost unbelievably, the exact opposite is happening.

We Have a Scottish Book Town. Why Not More?

Wigtown gained its status as the country’s National Book Town in the late 1990s. The idea came from academics at Strathclyde University which had seen the success of Hay-on-Wye, the national book town of Wales, and thought Scotland should have its equivalent. Up till then, the town had been in sharp decline. After winning the competition, everything changed.

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