“Politicians are not leading you to that hope-infused future, so you’re going to have to lead them. It is your best protection against despair. It also happens to be our best hope for our shared future.”
Common Weal
“The lesson of the last spike was that when infections are growing exponentially, and you are following the same trend as a country that is a few weeks ahead of you, then the horrific sights of full ICUs and entire cities locked to standstill will happen to you too.”
Analysis: New restrictions must reflect a genuine elimination strategy
“Regardless of any promise the current government might make before next year’s election, we’re unlikely to see meaningful land reform inside the next parliament.”
Craig Dalzell: Making more of Scotland’s land
“Currently, young voices in Scotland have come out in reaction to injustice, but in an almost wholly transitory manner. Nevertheless, our voices could be a permanent part of our political discourse.”
Common Weal Youth: Politically engaging young people will enrich our democracy
How do we stop the resurgence of covid-19 in Scotland? Everyone is agreed that it is resurgent, and that we need to stop it, so let’s try to focus on the ‘how’. Common Weal today publishes a new report by head of policy & research Craig Dalzell which looks at exactly that. It proposes a change in […]
‘Warning lights’: Does Scotland need a new covid-19 elimination strategy?
“You may not know the name of Graham Kemp, but more of you than you know are due him a debt of gratitude.”
In memory of Graham Kemp
The scale of the SQA mess is, I think, acknowledged by everyone. Of course governments get into policy messes all the time – it’s hardly a unique situation. But this government is producing far too many of them far too fast. The care home crisis, Nikegate, the early failures on Covid-19 control, the blended learning […]
Robin McAlpine: As the disasters come thick and fast, how do we stop the conveyor belt?
“We will have to change the focus and ask the Scottish public: Are you listening? Can you see what we see?”
Craig Dalzell: The Scottish Government seeks validation instead of wellbeing
“It must be deleterious to the very concept of party democracy if members instruct their party to do something, only for a small group in the Government to subvert that democracy to maintain their own power grab of policy direction.”
Craig Dalzell: Capture, Commission, Kill
The case of Alexander Dennis, the bus builder based in Falkirk now expected to axe 650 jobs, highlights the need for government to think big about how it tackles this economic crisis. Alexander Dennis is the leading bus manufacturer in the UK, and a world leader in double-decker bus manufacturing. It has developed the ability […]