by The Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | International
Summarised version of the UK approach to Brexit Negotiations. Hello, Mr Barnier, we’d like to begin Brexit Negotiations Excellent, as you know the clock is ticking, we need to draft our agreement so all 27 member states can absorb it and give agreement. All 27? Can’t...
by The Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Politics
Lovely! It’s great that Common Weal is doing this work. But it would be unfortunate, to say the least, if the question at the heart of the constitutional issue were to be obscured by a plethora of policy options. That core question is not about what kind of social...
by The Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Politics
“Scotland can, if it chooses to be bold, creative and ambitious, use the opportunity presented by independence to build a social security system for all of us.” I’m proud to present my latest report for the Common Weal White Paper Project, Social...
by The Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | International
After empowering the ultra-far-right Nazis in the United States, Donald Trump condemns even the violence of those resisting their rise to power. In Britain and the rest of Europe it’s the same. So it’s time to get tough. “Violence is always wrong,” my mother used to...
by The Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Politics
I saw this today and had a wee laugh, but also a chill went up my back, is Scotland that stupid, sadly it might be. It appears that Colonel Tankstraddler (thanks Pete A Bell for that name) is telling her MSPs and MPs to prepare for government. Apparently the Colonel...
