THE 30 YEAR STITCH-UP
PFI and the new Scotland

Editorial.………………………………………………………..2

Isobel Lindsay is a lecturer in the Department of Government AT Strathclyde University. She is an Office Bearer in a wide range of civic organisations in Scotland.

How to make a healthy profit…………………………….4

Mathew G. Dunnigan is a retired consultant physician. He is a leading figure in the National Health Service Consultants’ Association.

Obfuscation, obfuscation, obfuscation.………………6

Henry McCubbin worked for BBC and Grampian television before becoming Labour MEP for North East Scotland and whip for the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. He has recently been providing economic advice to the Greater Manchester Authorities.

Brickbats and slated.……………………………………….8

Writing in a personal capacity, Craig Binns works in the Housing Department of Glasgow City Council. He is a senior lay officer with Unison.

Constituting Scotland…………………………………….10

Tom Nairn is one of Scotland’s leading writers and political theorists. His seminal work, The Break-Up of Britain, has been followed by a wide range of controversial and internationally renowned books.

Book Review: Drowning in disorder…………………13

Dr Andrew Noble is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Studies, University of Strathclyde where he specialises in American, Scottish and Irish Literature. Early next year his and Patrick Scott Hogg’s complete re-edition of Robert Burns’s poetry will be published in an 1100 page edition as The Cannongate Burns

Web Review.………………………………………………….15

Front Page Cartoon: Jim Blair

Editorial Committee

Aamer Anwar

Bill Bonnar

Moira Craig

Roseanna Cunningham

Cathie Jamieson

John Kay

Isobel Lindsay

John McAllion

Henry McCubbin

Liam McIlvanney

Tom Nairn

Andrew Noble

Jimmy Reid (editor)

Alex Smith

Bob Thomson