Category Archives: Comment
Friends of The Earth Scotland in good heart
I attended FoES AGM last Saturday 17th May, an organisation I’ve been a member of for many years though I don’t necessarily support every campaign they run. I found the society in good heart with membership around 2,600, a year … Continue reading
15 years of devolution
For a number of young people they’ve grown up with devolution in the shape of a Scottish Parliament. For some of us, where the first elections to the Parliament took place 15 years ago, it doesn’t seem so long ago … Continue reading
C2C Reclaiming Local Democracy
On Saturday 5th April 2014 I attended an event hosted by Electoral Reform Society Scotland at the Playfair Library, Old College, Edinburgh University. The event was call “From Centre to Community – Reclaiming Local Democracy in Scotland. There were 10 … Continue reading
Nationalism – is that what we want?
In 1934 two small parties merged to form what they referred to as a “national movement”. This new party had no common policies on the serious issues of the day and was sympathetic to fascism as it existed at that … Continue reading
Ask your Euro candidate how they feel about TTIP-ing
With elections approaching for the European Parliament now is the ideal time to ask them for their views on TTIP-ing. What’s that? It’s short hand for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the so-called trade deal between the USA and … Continue reading
So where is the other Yes document?
Yesterday the Separatist movement published their long awaited document aimed at answering every question everyone has about their vision for an independent Scotland. Several people were criticising it almost right away but with it being about 700 pages long unless … Continue reading
Boom and Bust
Was the financial crash in 2007/8 avoidable? Well, yes, according to an article I’ve just read. What happened back then was produced by reckless policies of central bankers and politicians. Cheap interest rates encourage government and people to borrow so … Continue reading
Will East Lothian Council repair the damage?
East Lothian Council‘s Landscape and Countryside Department have recently been removing trees from the Lodge Grounds in North Berwick. To enable them to do this they’ve been driving normal road vehicles around the foot path, a path that is narrower … Continue reading
Open Government – what’s that?
English: Jim Hume (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Waverley Rail Project was finally handed over to Network Rail recently with a press announcement rather than a more conventional Statement to Parliament. At the beginning of November 2012 it is claimed the … Continue reading
EU: Do you know what/who you’re voting for?
Over the next few days more than 380 million people have the right to vote on what is, in theory, the most important milestone to a Europe-wide democracy. Less than half will bother to do so.Apart from India it’s the … Continue reading →