“Let’s raise a toast to all those new homeworkers who have kept our country going since lockdown started, let’s reward them by making it a legal right to do what they have been doing throughout this crisis.”
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“If there is a solution to the problems of arts funding, it will involve more than a handout from Boris Johnson, or the wisdom of Creative Scotland.”
Sean Bell: If we purport to care about art, we must care about artists
“In the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, the US is making a concerted effort to suffocate the revolution once and for all.”
Iain Bruce: The UK’s theft of Venezuelan gold endangers a successful fightback against the pandemic
“This was a tragedy. In government, this was a disaster. But in communities, in small businesses, in the caring professions and in our hearts and souls – this has been a triumph.”
Robin McAlpine: Covid is a tragedy – but, in our people, it has also been a triumph
“As ever, a small group of particularly loud voices was presented as representing ‘parent power’. None of this is new in Scotland but for the sake of our kids I really, really wish we could move beyond it.”
‘The only immediate consequence is more uncertainty’: James McEnaney talks Scottish schools and Coronavirus
“As the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths thankfully drop, it is more important than ever that pressure is kept on government to account for what has gone wrong and use this to inform a proper plan to protect older and other vulnerable people should Covid-19 return.”
Nick Kempe: There is no sign the Scottish Government has learnt from the care sector’s lack of preparation for a pandemic
“The failure is with our centralised, under-resourced and bureaucratised systems that did not prepare properly for a pandemic and don’t have the flexibility to respond to the Covid-19 crisis as a crisis – a system that keeps the people responsible for regulation distanced from what they are supposed to be regulating.”
Nick Kempe: The care home crisis begs the question – what is the Care Inspectorate for?
“A bottom up review of the care home system would enable the workforce to help re-design a system that depends on them.”
Nick Kempe: The Scottish Government should put older people, their families and care staff at the heart of the care system
“The model of ‘corporation in trouble, finance sector doesn’t want to put its hands in its own pocket so demands the public does, but expects to stay in total control anyway’ is how the RBS bailout was handled. This is a direct replica.”
Robin McAlpine: Economic Recovery Group – should Scotland support the Killing Floor Model?
How can Scotland hold a public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, when no written advice was recorded in the opening months of the crisis?