So, Boris’s near death experience this spring did not bring about any noticeable change of heart in his politics. Those that cared for him, like the hundreds of thousands of other public service workers, were clapped every Thursday for many weeks. Then Johnson’s government decided to slap them with a pay rise that did not […]
Lilian Macer excoriates the Scottish Government’s approach as inadequate to deal with pandemic we are facing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in early March told us the best way to combat the COVID-19 outbreak was through testing. ‘TEST, TEST, TEST’ was the clear message from the WHO. It was clear that diagnostic testing for COVID-19 […]
Andrew Watterson, Rory O’Neill, Janet Newsham and Hilda Palmer critique the carelessness and incompetence of government policy and practice The two-metre (2m) ‘social distance’ guidance during the pandemic lockdown soon became entangled in politics and economics rather than the science. It was weakened and then ditched in England on 4 July. It was ‘relaxed’ with […]
Kate Ramsden argues we must take political advantage of the pandemic to rebuild our local public services Covid-19 has highlighted two fundamental things about council services. The first is that these services and the workers who provide them have been absolutely critical to managing the pandemic. Council workers – many of them low paid women […]
Pat Rafferty looks at the case of ADL to argue that only government action can secure green jobs and help gain a green and just transition Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) is a Scottish and UK success story. A global player in the manufacture of bus and coach, with recognised expertise in double-deckers. To put it […]
Ellie Harrison makes the case for getting Glasgow to go green and free in its transport system September 2020 sees Get Glasgow Moving joining forces with unions, climate movement and community campaigns to launch the ‘Free Our City’ coalition in Glasgow. Inspired by hundreds of forward-thinking cities across the world – from Kansas to Calais […]
Molly Scott-Cato assesses the pros and cons of efforts in Europe to make a green just transition The mantra ‘Build Back Better’ is reverberating around European Parliaments as the principle that should guide Covid-19 recovery plans and the response to the unprecedented economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. It is vital to measure the gap […]
Dave Sherry recounts previous examples of campaigns to mobilise the unemployed as part of a wider labour movement struggle The Bank of England predicts Britain will suffer its sharpest contraction since the industrial revolution. Such is the scale of the crisis that unions have to be prepared to organise strikes amongst their members. But what […]
Talat Ahmed surveys the progress made in organising the fight against racial injustice ‘The current anti-racism protests are unprecedented in my lifetime and probably the largest ever since the late 18th and early 19th centuries’. These are the words of Hakim Adi, Professor of History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of […]
Annie Morgan examines the issues behind carbon capture, storage and usage bioenergy carbon capture and storage Though I do not have a background in science or engineering, an honours degree in social sciences has given me the benefit of the skill to conduct research. This has been used to examine evidence for my involvement with […]