2025 is proving a year of huge political and economic significance. We face a daily deluge of announcements, claims, and assertions that challenge much of what we understand of the ‘World Order’. Most of us feel the deluge comes from ‘on high’ and beyond any influence or control that we, as citizens in a democracy, might legitimately expect to have. There is growing evidence of … [Read more...] about Power from the grassroots
Bill Howat
About Bill Howat
The article is by Bill Howat on behalf of the Mercat Group, an informal network of former chief executives of Scottish local authorities with over 220 years of public service between them, including 70 years as chief executives. Bill is a former Chief Executive Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar