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Christopher Silver

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Climate Change, Culture, Politics Posted on25th March 201828th March 2019

In Search of Post-Carbon Scotland

In October 2017 the Scottish Parliament voted overwhelmingly to support an indefinite ban on fracking. The move was, correctly, deemed historic. For the first time after […] Read More

Politics Posted on14th February 20189th April 2019

Dealing with the fundamentals: why we need to talk about place and populism

What does it mean to live a life tied to a particular place? To feel your fate inescapably tied to it? Is it to be […] Read More

International, Politics Posted on3rd November 20173rd February 2018

New republics, old monsters: Catalonia and Europe hang in the balance

In an age when borders are supposed to be fading, most people remain stubbornly fond of the ideal of the nation. It offers comfort: a […] Read More

Politics Posted on15th October 20173rd February 2018

Meanwhile in Scotland: independence is a long game that can’t wait

Party conferences are strange beasts. At a time when politics is hobbled by a constant need to respond to the surreal and the unexpected, the […] Read More

Brexit, Politics Posted on27th July 20172nd August 2017

Promising the past: why Corbyn needs a new policy on Europe

At a certain point, Brexit will have to be implemented. However, its unprecedented nature makes any clear reckoning of the outcome impossible. Brexit is an […] Read More

Culture, Film, Politics Posted on19th July 20172nd August 2017

To look beyond Brexit, we have to liberate Scotland’s creativity

This weekend, cinemagoers across the U.K and all over the planet will head out in droves to see Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated epic film Dunkirk. […] Read More

Politics, Scottish Politics Posted on22nd June 20172nd August 2017

Tales of two cities: Can Scotland’s anti-Tory majority be mobilised?

Sometimes events on the ground throw mainstream politics into flux. If you’re sceptical of such an assertion it is worth nothing that, as I write, […] Read More

Politics Posted on11th May 20172nd August 2017

Why #GE17 will be known as the anti-politics election

With mandate fatigue paralysing the body politic, it’s little wonder that many are approaching the coming election with reluctance, dread, and a real sense that […] Read More

Politics Posted on7th May 20177th February 2018

Stability for the Precariat?

If a week is a long time in politics a lifetime must seem interminable. Yet for Theresa May, so anxious to ramp up a mood […] Read More

Politics Posted on22nd February 201727th June 2017

Why Labour is Losing Britain

Booze for the terraces, pink vehicles for the ladies, tough love for the scroungers, pride for the white vans, nurses to attend ailing Scots by […] Read More

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