Comment
Where to begin? This issue of the Scottish Left Review goes to print in a Britain which has no government - the people have indeed spoken. Unfortunately, this state of affairs is unlikely to last.
Issue 58
Four Cities - A check up on how our cities are run
May - Jun 2010
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City slickers
Gordon Morgan introduces this issue by taking a look at the political changes that might help ensure all our cities are properly governed
The empire in miniature
Neil Gray and Leigh French argue that the Glasgow scandals are exactly symptomatic of the politics of our era
Time to grow up
Peter McColl looks at the way Edinburgh City Council has been run and is dismayed at the absence of vision
A tale of two cities
John McAllion contrasts the official story of Dundee’s renaissance with realities that won’t go away
A small struggle for democracy
The battle over Union Square shows just how far Aberdeen City has drifted away from democratic accountability - and it’s own radical past - argues John Aberdein
Convergence, impartiality, bias
Robert Beveridge raises serious concerns about the impartiality of broadcast news if content is produced by newspapers - and for the ability of news providers to upset the government of the day
Hiding our debts
Jim and Margaret Cuthbert show how much of the PFI debt has been hidden
Gassing the past
Ninety years after the British Government, gassed of civilians in Mesopotamia, Mark Hirst sheds light on this forgotten chapter of Britain’s imperialist past to highlight the hypocrisy of British foreign policy then and now
Why no Irish riots?
Donagh Brennan analyses the historical and contemporary reasons for the passive response of the Irish public to the savage public expenditure cuts
Web review
This edition we’ve been looking at local authorities, particularly our four largest cities and at the different ways in which they allocate and manage their resources.
Kick Up The Tabloids
It’s not just the career-change that is remarkable in the politician-to-media journey, it’s also the personality transformation.