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Day One – Scottish Green Party Conference
Posted on November 6, 2010 by Peter McColl | 2 Comments
The most vital Scottish Green Party Conference to date kicked off today in the fantastic Craiglockhart venue we last visited in 2007. The spacious lobby allows plenty of room for exhibitors’ stands, and the lecture theatre is a great space with excellent views over Edinburgh. It is possibly even more attractive from the outside. And [...]
Anger for Doomed Youth
Posted on October 20, 2010 by Peter McColl | 1 Comment
Listening to George Osborne’s introduction to today’s Comprehensive Spending Review made me angry. Very angry. For all sorts of reasons. But the one that made me most angry was his suggestion that the reason to slash public expenditure was to secure future generations. His actions, of course, demonstrate that he has no interest in future [...]
Time for a Halt to Big Biomass
Posted on October 7, 2010 by Peter McColl | 4 Comments
The people of Leith have been fighting proposals for a Biomass plant. This is an exercise in money-making masquerading as carbon-cutting. It is clear that the plant will take years to repay the carbon costs embedded in its construction, and the transport of materials to feed the plant. We are republishing this letter in support [...]
How the left has lost (part 1)
Posted on September 22, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | 9 Comments
It’s 2008. RBS has collapsed. Fred the Shred has fled The City: he’s forced into hiding in Highland Perthshire. The public, press and politicians spit about ‘spivs’ and bawl about bonuses. ‘Bank’ is uttered with the same tone as so many other four letters words. Neo-liberalism’s de-regulated house of credit cards has collapsed, and politicians [...]
Welcoming a Better Nation
Posted on September 2, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | 1 Comment
James “Two Doctors” Mackenzie, Jeff “SNP Tactical Voting” Breslin and Malcolm “Malc in the Burgh” Harvey are well known faces in Scottish blogging. And now, they have launched a collaborative blog – Better Nation. For those of you who don’t know of them, James is press officer for the Green MSPs, Jeff has recently left [...]
On Scotland’s People…
Posted on August 28, 2010 by Admin | No Comments
This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier The Scottish Household Survey “is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland” which is “designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of Scottish households and individuals, both nationally and at a [...]
Total Politics Poll 2010
Posted on August 25, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | 6 Comments
Total Politics have released the Green results of their annual poll (see below). So, thanks to everyone has written for us, commented, read pieces, and, of course, voted for us since we launched six months ago or so. Also congratulations to the lovely Jim Jepps from The Daily (Maybe) – deservedly the king of Green [...]
Climate Camp tackle Cairn energy
Posted on August 24, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | 1 Comment
Edwin Morgan on the Scottish Parliament
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | No Comments
Edwin Morgan and Jimmy Reid have both died, of late – two great Glaswegians. Here is Edwin Morgan on the Scottish Parliament (also tweeted by James from Two Doctors). For the Opening of the Scottish Parliament, 9 October 2004 Open the doors! Light of the day, shine in; light of the mind, shine out! We [...]
100 Days of Solid Ideology
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Peter McColl | No Comments
The coalition is 100 days old. And what a hundred days it’s been. They’ve ended the huge waste of building new schools. They’ve said they’ll end detention of children of asylum seekers, and explained that this will be by speeding up deportations. And they’ve delivered their promise to be the ‘greenest government ever’ by supporting [...]
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