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PEACE 🕊️ SOCIALISM 🚩 INDEPENDENCE 🏴 CLIMATE ✳️ It’s time for a Scotland that puts All of Us First.
Scotland
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Robin McAlpine says we have a financial services sector whose purpose is to take money away from you and not to support the economy.
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In 2023, the Scottish Government signed one of the country's largest PFI deals. The £2bn pact for nature restoration effectively privatised our trees, handing reforestation to a Geneva-based asset manager. 🌳 Scotland is being asset-stripped. Join us: https://t.co/PWa5aveDa1
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“Palestinians defy the accepted norm of willing submission to a category assigned to them and refuse to sit down in the face of those who wish to exploit their land for a high-tech megacity, who wish to cash-in on the Israeli security-industrial complex.” https://t.co/cOa6zvuXZf
thenational.scot
Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Rory Hamilton, Common Weal’s Communications and Campaigns Co-ordinator…
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The Scottish Government spent more than £158 million on private consultants between 2018-2023. Behind closed doors, our politicians take their lead from vested interests. 🎟️ It’s time to confront the corporate lobby. Join us: https://t.co/PWa5aveDa1
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The backlash is growing against Starmer's ban and the arrests. The movement towards BDS in Scotland is pushing ahead, winning votes in parliament. We need to keep up momentum! 🗓️Sat 6th September 🕑1:30pm, marching at 2pm 🚩The Mound, Edinburgh
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Last year we launched 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. This year we will reveal the powerful results and debate next steps for Scotland's land reform journey. Join us this November with our fantastic hosts @LesleyRiddoch and David Hayman! Book⬇️ https://t.co/jYQ8RbSgEB
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Having lost the argument, the UK Government is trying to stifle dissent on Gaza. But with Israeli forces launching a fresh attack on Gaza City, and famine officially declared, solidarity has never been more urgent. Defy repression! Stop the Genocide! 🗓️ 6 Sept, 2pm 📌The Mound
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“From my perspective he bought an asset which he failed to use. Commercially, he failed to generate any economic return; culturally, he failed to protect against disrepair; socially, Union Street is needlessly sadder than it used to be.” https://t.co/UqYf5YYR3U
commonweal.scot
The expectation that every investment must automatically offer enormous returns has bent global economic policy round its fingers. But guaranteed returns are why the West is in so much trouble.
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Robin McAlpine is sick and tired of a demand for ‘return on investment’ where capitalists have failed, citing the Egyptian Halls disgrace as case and point. Link below 🔗
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✍️ @xanderescribe | @ScotNational Robin McAlpine: “The letter of the devolution settlement says the Scottish Government can’t own a windfarm, but we’ve set out about six different workarounds.” https://t.co/D2fjcy7kHs
thenational.scot
THE Scottish Government is under fire after claiming it would need the full powers of independence to set up a publicly owned energy company –…
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“SNP under fire over public energy firm as Wales launches wind projects” in The National Newspaper Link below 🔗
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“Neither Holyrood nor Westminster has the cojones to take on the rich and invisible.” https://t.co/ABnAo18VkT
commonweal.scot
The Scottish Government is creating a system which will punish the little guy but let the big guy off the hook. It really ought to be the other way round.
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Dr Keith Baker writes in our @ScotNational column that the Scottish Government’s blanket approach to EPC reform will hit the wrong people where it hurts. Link below 🔗
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Robin McAlpine: “Tying independence inseparably to the Scottish Government isn’t about progressing independence but saving political careers.” https://t.co/73KX4SGZ10
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Grateful to @laura_pollock_ at @scotnational for featuring our critique in her piece on John Swinney’s latest independence strategy. Link below 🔗
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Worse than any apocalyptic nightmare depicted in any book or film. A city can only look like this after the prevailing powers decide that human life will no longer exist there. Note: if those powers can excuse themselves for this, they will also excuse nuclear holocaust.
ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza
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NEW: Britain’s first major hotel strike in a generation is underway at Village Hotel in Glasgow. @FairHospitality members will take industrial action throughout August over a discriminatory pay disparity.
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Great to see others recognising the work of @ASLEFunion - the team at @UnityConsults worked to bring this project together - trade unions and academics working together for the common good - we now need government to listen and act
Robin McAlpine says that the ROSCOs story in @NeilMackay’s Big Read last week should come as no surprising given outsourcing is the philosophy at the heart of Scottish politics. Link below 🔗
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“Fragmentation does not improve performance but reduces it, and losing democratic control does not make things work better for citizens but only for producers.” https://t.co/3NOuDXAJFr
commonweal.scot
The underpinning philosophies of how to govern are not abstract or obtuse. Rather they are the battlefields on which the future of public service will be fought.
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Robin McAlpine says that the ROSCOs story in @NeilMackay’s Big Read last week should come as no surprising given outsourcing is the philosophy at the heart of Scottish politics. Link below 🔗
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✍️ @andrewlearmonth’s piece with comments from our Head of Strategy, Robin McAlpine. https://t.co/9ojj6gxLug
heraldscotland.com
Campaigners have raised concerns after National Records of Scotland gave Deloitte a £75,000 contract to work on the 2031 census without a tender.
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