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Christopher Silver

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30th December 2023

Alison Balharry 1962-2023

12th November 2021

COP Resistance Report 6: ‘We will outlive these empires’

8th November 2021

Welcome to the new world of Govan

Scottish Politics Posted on21st November 20161st July 2017

In Trump’s new world, Scotland must speak for the stateless

Nigel Farage has already branded 2016 as a year of political revolution. Last week, the UKIP leader beamed, like a small boy on Christmas morning, […] Read More

Politics Posted on8th November 20161st July 2017

Enemies of the people in the promised land

“So it is worth reminding ourselves of how lucky we are to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human […] Read More

Brexit, Scottish Politics Posted on17th October 20161st July 2017

Europe solved the problem of Britain: only the SNP can save it now

Sovereignty and borders — the great political themes of the current crisis, were a defining feature of both the SNP and Tory party conferences. The […] Read More

Politics Posted on7th October 20161st July 2017

Citizens of nowhere: the new politics of shame

cross the world governments are having to deal with referendums delivering results that see the instigators fail to return their desired result. In Hungary, the […] Read More

Culture, Indyref, Politics Posted on18th September 20161st July 2017

New thinking for a new social movement

There is nothing special about the experience of attending a political gathering. Regulars will attest that they can often be frustrating and predictable affairs full […] Read More

Politics Posted on12th September 20161st July 2017

Back to the future for Theresa May and old-school English Tory values

The political obsessions of a country are often highly revealing. At moments of crisis, such matters become all the more potent. Home truths are all […] Read More

Media, Scottish Politics Posted on21st August 20161st July 2017

Journalism or churnalism? Daisley affair symbolises Scottish media decline

Journalists are people too. When I first encountered the trade at the tender of age of 17, such a remark would probably be followed by […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on13th August 20161st July 2017

It’s Generation Rent who power today’s Fringe

I’VE worked in pretty much every capacity you could imagine at the Edinburgh festivals. Over the years I’ve flyered, taken tickets, worked the bars, written […] Read More

Culture, Media, Scottish Politics Posted on6th August 20161st July 2017

Scottish Six: What does it all mean for Scotland to have its own BBC ‘national’ news?

When the debate about the Scottish Six first kicked off in 1997 I was still at primary school. Remarkably it’s taken 18 years for us to get […] Read More

Politics Posted on19th July 20161st July 2017

Will Labour’s decline seal the U.K’s fate?

Of all the sights that the House of Commons has witnessed, last night’s debate on Trident ought to be remembered as amongst the most notorious. […] Read More

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