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David Jamieson

David Jamieson: Scotland, the locust years?
29.06.21June 29, 2021

“Should we feel defeated? Only if we have forgotten that history has its own ways. The season will turn.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: Scotland, the locust years?


Analysis: Taliban rule and further conflict are the fruits of ‘western interventionism’
17.06.21June 17, 2021

“The Afghan War, which inaugurated a wave of western attacks in Asia and North Africa 20 years ago, will prove in its last act the futility and destruction of ‘humanitarian intervention’.”

Analysis

Analysis: Taliban rule and further conflict are the fruits of ‘western interventionism’


David Jamieson: GB News is the feeble product of Andrew Neil’s crusade against journalism
15.06.21June 15, 2021

“It’s hard not to view GB News as Neil’s next step in his march of destruction through institutions which once promoted stability for Britain’s ruling strata.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: GB News is the feeble product of Andrew Neil’s crusade against journalism


Analysis: Is Scottish politics mature enough to resist the anti-China axis?
10.06.21June 10, 2021

“Will Scottish civil society be strong enough to resist dangerous escalations, waged not in the name of the ordinary citizens of China or Scotland, but in the name of competition for wealth and power?”

Analysis

Analysis: Is Scottish politics mature enough to resist the anti-China axis?


Analysis: Does foreign investment mean the rise of ‘global Scotland’?
08.06.21June 8, 2021

“A low tax regime and de-regulation are the preferred models of attracting foreign investment, and the Scottish Government is certainly exploring just such incentives.”

Analysis

Analysis: Does foreign investment mean the rise of ‘global Scotland’?


Analysis: The rise of the Israeli far right poses new problems for western allies
03.06.21June 3, 2021

“Intense religious nationalism, chauvinistic violence, and law-bounded racial particularism have completely destroyed the carefully cultivated image of a secular, progressive Israel.”

Analysis

Analysis: The rise of the Israeli far right poses new problems for western allies


Analysis: Failures of ‘fair work’ expose the limits of government pleading with business
01.06.21June 1, 2021

“Enforcing higher employment standards is yet another area where the Scottish Government has more freedom than it cares to admit.”

Analysis

Analysis: Failures of ‘fair work’ expose the limits of government pleading with business


David Jamieson: The mental health crisis is being commodified to oblivion
27.05.21May 27, 2021

“The essential moral vision of the establishment is that things are bad, used to be worse, and that we are on a journey to a better future. The struggle, you see, is very real.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: The mental health crisis is being commodified to oblivion


David Jamieson: How BLM undermined pro-Israel propaganda
20.05.21May 20, 2021

“From the viewpoint of the ruling elite, the convergence of a language used to describe domestic US racism and foreign policy objectives is pernicious.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: How BLM undermined pro-Israel propaganda


Analysis: The 2021 drubbing leaves Scottish Labour no closer a solution to its problems
18.05.21May 18, 2021

“By the time of the 2021 vote, the greatest share of the damage to Scottish Labour had already been done, and failing to reverse any of this needs to be seen as significant in itself.”

Analysis

Analysis: The 2021 drubbing leaves Scottish Labour no closer a solution to its problems


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