The Common Weal @Common_Weal
We’re an independent, left of centre Scottish think and do tank. We analyse problems and opportunities and produce pragmatic solutions that put All of Us First. commonweal.scot/discover/ Scotland Joined July 2013-
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Scotland loses £250bn+ in wealth as overseas interests plunder nation ➡heraldscotland.com/news/24282417.…
New Policy Paper Successive Scottish Governments have championed Scotland as a place to attract "foreign direct investment". Such investment demands a return of profit extraction. Over £¼ trillion has been extracted from Scotland since devolution. commonweal.scot/policies/profi…
🏥 Scotland’s NHS is doomed without change Robin McAlpine suggests Thatcher’s legacy is alive and kicking in today’s NHS: commonweal.scot/scotlands-nhs-…
Kaitlin Dryburgh’s piece on the violence in Niddrie in November is a strong reminder of the relationship between bad policy targeted at the symptoms of poverty and the failure to tackle the root of poverty. Read our column in @ScotNational here: thenational.scot/politics/23913…
🍉 Judge them by our actions @thecommongreen on why our activism on Palestine in the UK matters for people in Gaza: commonweal.scot/judge-them-by-…
🤒 Children’s health on the down Kaitlin Dryburgh looks at the interconnections between failures in health policy and elsewhere: commonweal.scot/childrens-heal…
↗️ Where next for the NCS Bill? Nick Kemp on the disastrous co-design process at: commonweal.scot/ncs-where-next/
🚨 Reminder that today’s announcement from Humza Yousaf doesn’t make up for the amount already cut from the housing budget. Scotland’s housing policy is nuts: commonweal.scot/scotlands-hous…
A couple of weeks ago I called for a 0.63% tax on wealth stored in Scottish property and land. The G20 are calling for that to be a lot higher. commonweal.scot/policies/taxin…
A couple of weeks ago I called for a 0.63% tax on wealth stored in Scottish property and land. The G20 are calling for that to be a lot higher. commonweal.scot/policies/taxin…
This week’s In Common article for @ScotNational from Kaitlin Dryburgh 👇 ‘Young people care about more than just climate change.’ Available at: thenational.scot/politics/24279…
Really comprehensive look at the Land Reform Bill in @TheScotsman by @CommunityLandSc 👇 We were delighted to have Josh Doble from CLS on the podcast recently: commonweal.scot/podcast/the-co… scotsman.com/news/environme…
If you insist on getting into bed with the private sector over tree-planting, ScotWind and the DRS, then its hardly surprising you wont meet your climate targets, so why take a stand *after* you’ve pushed all that through?! SGP leadership has got as much to answer for as the FM.
If you insist on getting into bed with the private sector over tree-planting, ScotWind and the DRS, then its hardly surprising you wont meet your climate targets, so why take a stand *after* you’ve pushed all that through?! SGP leadership has got as much to answer for as the FM.
The National @ScotNational
147K Followers 2K Following The newspaper that supports an independent Scotland.
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Angus Robertson @AngusRobertson
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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun
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In a world that denigrates care, looking after each other is a radical act.
If you insist on getting into bed with the private sector over tree-planting, ScotWind and the DRS, then its hardly surprising you wont meet your climate targets, so why take a stand *after* you’ve pushed all that through?! SGP leadership has got as much to answer for as the FM.
'I think the future generations of Scotland have been betrayed' @suttonmatty asks @scottishgreens co-leader @lornaslater and @patrickharvie if they've been betrayed after the First Minister ended the Bute House Agreement.
Taking public control over our railways is the right thing to do and we need it to decarbonise transport. Now we need Labour to commit to bringing buses, water and energy into public ownership to truly transition to a greener fairer economy!
Britain’s railways are broken. Cancellations have soared to record levels, fares have risen almost twice as fast as wages, and taxpayers are paying through the teeth to prop up a failing system. Labour will deliver a publicly owned railway that puts the passenger first.
Harold Macmillan was weakened in the ‘Night of the Long Knives’ when he sacked a third of his Cabinet in 1962. Humza Yousaf is weakened by sacking two junior Ministers who belong to another party.
As Humza Yousaf ends the Bute House Agreement, here he is *two* days ago telling @ginadavidsonlbc he hopes it continues
Rail nationalisation is a welcome step – but only the first step of many Labour will need to take taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… The rail industry is easy to nationalise. But the NHS also needs the N put back into it, whilst water, electricity and gas are all failing communities. Where…
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They've been played like a fiddle. Will the Greens now call for: • A reverse to housing cuts they signed off? • A reinstated rent cap? • A reverse of Lorna Slater's £20 billion green PFI deal? • An end to outsourcing ferry projects to human rights abusing regimes? etc...
Ooft. Green co-convenor Lorna Slater says this is an "act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country."
Today, Labour has confirmed public ownership of the railways will be in its manifesto. Privatisation has transformed our railways into engines of extraction for investors and overseas state enterprises. Public ownership can deliver a future of rail prosperity. (Chart: 2020)
Vacuous & moralising statement from Slater. Reflects the frantic panic that must now be engulfing the Scottish Green’s leadership, whose eagerness to trade credibility for power was easily exploited by the SNP. Desperate stuff that tries, & fails, to absolve their role in this.
Greens response to end of Bute House Agreement. "The most reactionary and backwards-looking forces within the First Minister’s party have forced him to do the opposite of what he himself had said was in Scotland’s best interests."
These are the headlines. Listen to the podcast at lesleyriddoch.com/podcast Where are the Scottish govt's big ideas on climate change? Why is the Rwanda Bill so totemic for the Tories? Does Starmer know the difference between English & British? Does he care?
Ahead of European Parliament vote on Platform Work Directive, listening to Ursula Von Der Leyen's speech on 20th anniversary of EU enlargement: "You have experienced an economic miracle," she tells the 2004 EU entrants. Completely delusional. #Europeanparliament
If this was happening in China, it would be on the cover of everything under the headline “the return of Tiananmen Square” and western leaders would be calling for regime change
One of the SNP policies designed to make up for scrapping of climate target is integrated ticketing for public transport. This is a great idea. Just as it was the last 5 times it was promised - my @TheScotsman column today. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
Climate breakdown is one of the single greatest threats to global security. We need to invest in decarbonization, not more bombs.
Join us tonight! It’s important. @elliebgomersall @francescurran99 @MccailColl @Sher_3333
Proud to be speaking at this tonight given everything that’s going on on campuses in the US and elsewhere. We need to speak up and organise a broader, deeper solidarity movement.
Great review of Vulture Capitalism from Andreas 👏
Review of Grace Blakeley's important book Vulture Capitalism (Bloomsbury, 2024), see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2024/04/vultur… @Bloomsbury_News @graceblakeley
City of Glasgow College @EISFela members holding the line as strike action continues for college lecturers across Scotland this week. @GraemeDeyMSP @scotgov what pressure are you bringing to bear on @CollegesScot?!
City of Glasgow College lecturers fighting for fair pay on the picket line this morning. It's time to fund fair pay and protect jobs in Further Education #FightingforFE✊🏽
Freedom for Palestine and independence for Scotland are complementary causes. 🇵🇸🏴 Join @ggectee in the PALESTINE SOLIDARITY BLOC for the @believeinscot march and rally. Saturday 20 April, leaving Kelvin Way 12.30
What’s the point in the show and dance of setting a ‘legally binding’ target if it can easily just be legislatively removed?
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