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Infants in care – Scotland’s civic emergency

February 2, 2021 by Janice McGhee Lorraine Waterhouse 3 Comments

Something new: image of new born baby by Maria:CC BY-NC 2.0

In Scotland, one in every 85 children born between 2008 and 2017 was in public care at some time before their first birthday, separated from their mothers in their first year of life. These figures are shocking. They raise a basic question no one here seems to be asking: why and why so many?

What does climate change risk really look like?

April 30, 2019 by Mike Rivington Leave a Comment

Pools of water on Rannoch Moor

Time to panic? ‘Climate change scares me rigid’ says Mike Rivington, so all the more reason to act now.

Scotland needs its own currency

April 10, 2019 by Craig Dalzell 3 Comments

‘Post-independence, your plan makes as much political and economic sense as unilaterally adopting changes to the financial regulations of Singapore.’

Sex and gender identity in the 2021 Census

February 13, 2019 by Kath Murray Lucy Hunter Blackburn Lisa Mackenzie Leave a Comment

“Given where we are, we think the most appropriate and pragmatic response would be to recognise that both sex and gender or lived identity may be relevant to people‘s lived experiences.”

A question of trust

February 7, 2019 by Caroline Gardner Leave a Comment

Auditors in England are under the cosh while the Scottish public audit model wins plaudits. But no room for complacency argues the Auditor General for Scotland

Syrian, Scottish, British

January 20, 2019 by Lina Fadel 1 Comment

‘I knew I was a citizen when I lost sleep over Brexit, full of regret at not being able to vote. I knew I belonged when I held my baby boy for the first time in a maternity ward in Edinburgh, and when he said his first English word.’

Inequality: Scotland’s unmet Nordic aspirations

November 8, 2018 by Gwilym Pryce and Meng Le Zhang 3 Comments

Inequality in Scotland is on the rise. “It seems likely that more radical changes, such as significant redistribution of income, labour market reforms and major investment in deprived areas, would be needed to bring Scottish inequality close to Nordic levels.”

Economic justice requires a democratic revolution

October 25, 2018 by Adam Ramsay 1 Comment

‘If a future UK – or its consciously uncoupled constituent countries – is to transform itself into a democracy, then it’s imperative that the rules of that state are written not by the politicians of any one party, but through a process which itself is seen as legitimate, democratic, and plural.’

Time to get real – or press the panic button?

October 12, 2018 by Tony O'Donnell 2 Comments

‘… it’s time to stop feebly blaming an unacceptable status quo for Scotland’s poor economic and social progress. And, instead of excusing that under-performance via the stock promise that independence will remedy current woes, the SNP must get real and begin serious preparations for the break-up of the UK.’

Will Brexit destroy the UK?

October 9, 2018 by Brendan Donnelly Leave a Comment

‘There is a saying among global trade negotiators that the world is divided between cannibals and lunch. The UK may be finding painfully that leaving the protection of the cannibals has condemned it to become lunch. It was certainly Stephen (Haseler)’s view that the English superstate was just as incapable of responding to new challenges internationally as it was domestically.’

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