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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionScottish Tories’ only hope of election success is to form a whole new partyThere is a way forward for the Scottish Conservatives. But it’s not Boris Johnson’s resignation
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?The UK government and mainstream media agree we need nuclear to avoid the worst climate change. They’re wrong – so...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe stopped Cambo. Here’s how to beat Big OilA few months ago, we didn’t think we could stop the development of a new North Sea oil field. Now, it looks like we have
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisScotland is on the global frontlines of The Great Net-Zero Land GrabAs investors look to profit from the carbon-offset gold rush, demand for land is soaring. But letting Big Finance...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWorld leaders failed us at COP26. But change doesn’t come from glitzy conferencesCopenhagen was a failure that demotivated activists, while Paris merely placated them. But Glasgow has radicalised a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionScottish Green members hold unprecedented power. How will they use it?For the first time in UK political history, a party membership has direct influence over government policy
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisWill the SNP use its powers to halt exploitation of the Cambo oil field?As Nicola Sturgeon negotiates with the Greens, a controversy over oil exploitation and its implications for a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGoodbye, Source: Providing independent journalism in a turbulent yearScottish political commentary platform Source was launched amid the chaos of March 2020. As it winds down, its...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: AnalysisFrom private emails to Post-it Notes: How politicians avoid scrutinyMatt Hancock, who Labour accused of trying to ‘conduct government business in secret’, joins a long list of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBy not taking the knee at the Euros, Scotland exposes its national mythMany in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘It’s not often you defeat Priti Patel’: Will Glasgow be a wake-up call?Last week’s events on Kenmure Street raised questions about who makes the rules in Scotland, in whose interests, and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMP demands investigation into ‘dark money ads’ in Scottish electionExclusive: SNP’s Brendan O’Hara urges Electoral Commission to respond to concerns that pro-Unionist groups flouted...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEnglish people must fight for Scotland’s democratic rights – or sacrifice their ownIf we let Boris Johnson ignore the mandate for a second referendum, he’ll come for our civil liberties next
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIt’s not enough to vote for an independence referendum, you need to campaign for itSupporters of a Scottish independence referendum can’t just wait for governments to act
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationDid dark money and dirty tactics swing the Scottish election?Rules flouted as sites promoting Unionist tactical voting spent more money on ads than the SNP, while ex-BNP...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThis was Scotland’s most boring election, and its most importantAnd for those Scottish voters who have previously only flirted with independence, England’s results will strengthen the idea
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Published in: Live discussionsIs Britain breaking up?With Scotland voting on Thursday in an election that could lead to a second independence referendum and increased...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisHow Scottish independence stopped being scaryIn 2016, Scotland’s Conservatives successfully spread panic about an independence referendum. Five years on, the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLeading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoinBrian Cox, Slavoj Žižek, and Elena Ferrante among signatories asking the EU to offer membership ahead of possible...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsDouglas Ross under fire for ‘prejudicial’ Traveller comments unearthed by openDemocracy
The Scottish Tory leader faces backlash from Travellers and human rights activists after being accused of ‘divisive...
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