Gerry Hassan
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How Scotland is governed matters as much as who governs it (opens the original)
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THE past week saw several landmark moments in Scotland and its politics: the election of Scottish Labour’s 11th leader, Michael Marra, since the advent of devolution; the Scottish Parliament vote affirming Scotland’s right to decide its future; the lamentable rise in the tragic number of Scottish drug-related deaths, and Glasgow City Council threatening to hire and refire 23,000 of its workforce. The latter underlined, if needed, the perilous position and finances of local councils – one which
We must drop the victim mentality and take the high road to independence (opens the original)
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TALK of Scottish independence is in the air; in these columns, on social media and among independence supporters. But here is a reality check – the vast majority of Scotland does not persistently talk about independence, as they have more immediate things on their minds. Independence has become divorced from reality: namely, the reality of most Scots. Some may think that harsh, but it is true and needs acknowledging for anything to change. There has been a vacuum at the heart of independence sin
How do we defeat the rise of the extreme right in Scotland and Britain? (opens the original)
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ANDY Burnham has completed his first week as UK Prime Minister, with the role feeling nearly as temporary as the leader of Scottish Labour. Many millions of words have been expended about the challenges and limitations faced by Burnham and the UK, but missing much about the wider mood of politics and how it is created. The new government will have to make its case and progress its agenda against powerful headwinds pushing in the opposite direction, fuelling an increasingly toxic, divisive and
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