“What Scotland is seeking is the kind of meaningful local democracy which empowers it to be a responsible partner nation among all the other countries in the world, and we should say so with confidence.”
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“LGBT+ people have often become a casualty of these social and economic shifts brought about by the crisis.”
Peter Markham: Why Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on LGBT+ people
“Social work should have been at the forefront of defending the rights of those who have needed care during the Covid crisis, from asylum seekers to older people in care homes denied contact with their families.”
Nick Kempe: The crisis of leadership in the social care system
“if asked to describe a disabled person, will still think of disability in terms of someone who is visibly different for them, their friends or peer group… However, these are only the tip of a very large iceberg, and are in no way representative of the larger disability community.”
Gayle Smith: On International Day of Disabled People, consider the barriers of attitude many still face
“My last ten years has taught me that we need to respond to the human variety of constant changes; we need to adapt in the moment and shape our system around unpredictability, not least because I have witnessed the positive outcomes we all seek for our communities.”
Angela Watt: Working together, the complexity of problems facing our communities can become less daunting
No deus ex machina is coming to rescue the independence movement. We’re on our own. Thankfully, our movement represents an entire cast of actors waiting backstage for their cue. Perhaps now it may finally come.
Robin McAlpine: The divide over independence strategy is artificial – here’s how to get rid of it
“By putting energy into fighting in unison, this deeply unequal Union might yet die a peaceful death that enables each nation to rise from the ashes strengthened, able to shake off the soot of medieval power-hoarding and class conflict in favour of progressive, local democracy.”
The Pressure series: Forward – not in unity, but in solidarity
“There is no fundamental reason why the SNP can’t be the party it should be. There is no fundamental reason why the party democracy can’t still save the party.”
Robin McAlpine: This weekend, please turn up and save the SNP
“These calls for unity are easily tested for verity and unmask themselves in their refusal to engage in earnest with the substance of those issues causing the perceived disunity.”
Ellen Höfer: Calls for unity will not convince the independence movement unless they are accompanied by integrity
“What we have learned over the past year is that the planet can be thrown into an upheaval without precedent, and the renter’s lot will remain an unchanging, unloved constant.”