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We're encouraging people to sign a petition promoted by Living Rent, responding to our government's consultation with landlords (but not...

The new MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse - and considerations on what is to be done. Davy Russell won the election with 8,559...

Cathie Lloyd and Paddy Farrington ask 'how do we defend ourselves?' Starmer’s approach to the defence review seems to be based on...

Reflections, concerns - and a glimmer of hope - from Erik Cramb, retired Industrial Chaplain in Dundee I was born in the early days of...

When the SNP was euro-sceptic ... when left-wingers were shaping Scotland's civic nationalism ... what Winnie Ewing and Enoch Powell...

In our latest discussion article, Paddy Farrington underlines the enduring significance of Vietnam's national liberation movement. 50...

Quotations from the poetry of three of Scotland's previous Makars have been set in stone and incorporated into our Parliament's Canongate...

Our 'reflections' series continues: here, retired minister Erik Cramb recalls a remarkable episode in the politics of Jamaica, where he...

Niall Christie assesses a new book which seeks to offer helpful and progressive suggestions to the UK government ( Britain Needs Change:...