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<p><a href="https://thecommongreen.scot/@thecommongreen.scot" rel="ugc">@thecommongreen.scot</a> Ah, good. Federation is working on the blog again.</p>
11.3.2025 23:36Comment on Democracy By All Of Us by Dr Craig Dalȝell… reposted this!
11.3.2025 23:33Comment on Democracy By All Of Us by Politics FeedWith a single act, the Scottish Parliament could radically overhaul our devolved democracy and put people at the heart of holding our legislators to account with a Citizens' Assembly as an Upper Chamber.
7.3.2025 11:24Democracy By All Of UsGreat to see Glasgow bring in a free public transport trial, though it's far too limited. There is a strong case for universal free transport.
28.2.2025 08:00Omnibuses[…] pushing people towards other forms of transport are going far too slowly (Three years after writing this piece, I still can’t hire a community cargo bike so I can safely cycle to get my shopping, though they […]
26.2.2025 09:21Comment on On Yer Bike by Where Next For Grangemouth? | The Common Green[…] I’ve written before about my position on a lot of this. I’m a full advocate for a Just Transition for workers who are facing losing their job as their workplace reaches its entirely foreseen and entirely necessary closure or reformation in light of the climate emergency. What I’m appalled about is politicians using that idea of a Just Transition as an excuse to do anything about that transition. As I wrote last week, “No ban without a plan” is an entirely justifiable slogan – except for the people who were supposed to come up with the plan. […]
26.2.2025 09:21Comment on We Need a Ban, So Where’s the Plan? by Where Next For Grangemouth? | The Common Green[…] the run up to the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary Election, the SNP – like most other political parties, published their manifesto of the things they promised to do if returned to power […]
23.2.2025 10:55Comment on Scottish Elections 2021:- The Manifestos by The Only Way To Fix Council Tax | The Common GreenThe Scottish
21.2.2025 08:00Where Next For Grangemouth?“When it comes to decreasing inequalities of wealth for good or reducing unusually high levels of public debt, a progressive tax on capital is generally a better tool than inflation.” – Thomas Piketty This blog post previously appeared in Common Weal’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here. If you’d like to support my work for Common … Continue reading The Only Way To Fix Council Tax
14.2.2025 08:00The Only Way To Fix Council Tax… liked this!
13.2.2025 23:19Comment on Scotland: We Have Rockets Too by Simon Brooke… reposted this!
13.2.2025 23:19Comment on Scotland: We Have Rockets Too by Simon Brooke… reposted this!
13.2.2025 17:47Comment on Scotland: We Have Rockets Too by Wen… reposted this!
13.2.2025 17:12Comment on Scotland: We Have Rockets Too by Dr Craig Dalȝell… reposted this!
11.2.2025 13:18Comment on We Need a Ban, So Where’s the Plan? by Ben Thompson 🐕CW Newsletter Repost On the Scottish Government's bizarrely misguided tourism and investment pitch aimed, supposedly, at the USA.
7.2.2025 08:00Scotland: We Have Rockets Too“A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu This blog post previously appeared in The National as part of Common Weal’s In Common newsletter. If you’d like to throw me a wee tip to support this blog, you can here. It has been unsettling to watch Scottish politicians line up … Continue reading We Need a Ban, So Where’s the Plan?
6.2.2025 07:39We Need a Ban, So Where’s the Plan?Why Generative AI is a threat to creatives and what the UK Government is doing to help make things worse.
31.1.2025 08:00DeepSunk Costs“This book was written using 100% recycled words.” – Terry Pratchett This blog post previously appeared in The National as part of Common Weal’s In Common newsletter. If you’d like to throw me a wee tip to support this blog, you can here. Both the Scottish and UK Governments are wrong on Deposit Return Schemes. The DRS is … Continue reading The Scottish and UK Governments are both wrong on DRS
30.1.2025 06:00The Scottish and UK Governments are both wrong on DRSCW Newsletter Repost How well off are we, really, as a result of the "billionaire wealth creators"? There's evidence now that they might be making us poorer.
24.1.2025 08:00The Dragons Ate Your Lunch“I think we’ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. ‘I have a problem, I’ll get a grant.’ ‘I’m homeless, the government must house me.’ They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there … Continue reading To Build Houses, First Buy The Land
16.1.2025 08:00To Build Houses, First Buy The Land