The term neurodivergence covers a multitude of human experiences. What does it mean? In March 2026, within weeks of the May election, the Scottish Government produced a report which suggests a possible umbrella definition as it works towards a “learning disabilities, autism and neurodivergence bill” [LDAN]For example, learning disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, attention deficit … [Read more...] about Mind the (implementation) gap: Neurodivergence in Scotland
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When a night club demolition becomes a radical right dog-whistle
In this commentary piece, Charlie Ellis examines what the online reaction to the demolition of a well-known Edinburgh nightclub reveals about the current state of public discourse in Scotland. Taking Facebook commentary on the demolition of the Atik on West Tollcross as his starting point, he traces the journey from personal nostalgia to nativist grievance, arguing that … [Read more...] about When a night club demolition becomes a radical right dog-whistle
What tighter immigration controls mean for Scotland
Last week, the UK Government published a white paper laying out their reforms to the immigration system. The reforms are aimed at reducing net international migration to the UK, which peaked at 906,000 in 2023 and was 728,000 in 2024. The Government estimates that the measures announced will reduce net migration to the UK by about 100,000 people per year, although they have not … [Read more...] about What tighter immigration controls mean for Scotland
We’re allowing the Far Right to set the pace
Remigration on a mass scale is now salonfähig in the political lexicon of Allianz für Deutschland co-leader and Kanzlerkandidatin Alice Weidel - and her party as a whole. Repatriation of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of refugees/asylum-seekers inevitably recalls the 1933-39 period (before the war-time Final Solution) when thousands among the half a million Jews in … [Read more...] about We’re allowing the Far Right to set the pace
Labour’s green gaffe plays into Far Right hands
Europe's farmers are in the vanguard of protests against the EU's Green New Deal (and other policy issues affecting their livelihoods) across the continent. In Brussels, as EU leaders finally approved a €50bn aid package for Ukraine at their February 1 summit on the Rue de la Loi, Flemish farmers were pulling down statues and burning manure on the Place'Lux 500m down the … [Read more...] about Labour’s green gaffe plays into Far Right hands