Robin McAlpine (+RobinMcAlpine)

21 January 2022 17:27

For years the independence movement has been arguing that Scotland needs to take a different path than Westminster. ScotWind makes all of those arguments hypocritical.

ScotWind makes hypocrites of the indy movement

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21 January 2022 09:01

An excellent piece from Nick Kempe on the insidious role of KPMG (and the other Big Accountancy firms) in the government of Scotland

Scotland’s real government…

robinmcalpine.org

21 January 2022 08:45

As the West seems determined to start a war with Russia, Simon Jenkins is one of the few people making any sense

Let’s not start a war with Russia

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20 January 2022 12:27

There have been big claims about the jobs to result from the ScotWind sell-off but the reality of the proposed action to secure them tells a very different story

What guarantee is there of ScotWind jobs?

robinmcalpine.org

18 January 2022 15:30

The lost of Scottish ownership of the Scottish economy is not a curiosity but an enormous danger for the country and for the independence movement

The shrivelling of Scotland’s economy jeopardises independence

robinmcalpine.org

17 January 2022 12:00

The ScotWind auction has just handed almost total control of Scotland's energy future to overseas corporations for what looks like a pitifully small sum

Scotland gives away its energy future

robinmcalpine.org

14 January 2022 17:45

This week has shown that the British establishment turns reaches for double standards and distractions whenever its interests are at stake - and so is now unreformable

Britain: it’s all hypocrisy and triviality

robinmcalpine.org

13 January 2022 17:45

The latest phase in the pandemic shows that the time when debate only occurs after the rules are made must now come to an end

The pandemic must now be a debate, not a decree

robinmcalpine.org

12 January 2022 15:30

Claims that a substantial Council Tax rise are essential and too damaging to consider are both correct and will continue to be true until it is replaced

Why the Council Tax is unusable

robinmcalpine.org

11 January 2022 14:54

The UK Climate Change Committee's new report to the Scottish Parliament makes sobering reading for those who believe Scotland is a 'climate leader'

Is Scotland on the right climate change path?

robinmcalpine.org

10 January 2022 16:00

The question of Devo Max returns to Scotland with a dispiriting regularity. It is time for its proponents to do some work and explain their proposals - if they can

Retro-Maxers, show us your working

robinmcalpine.org

07 January 2022 17:45

To understand the world we don't need to give up on seeing the difference between right and left, we just need to add another reference point

Politics isn’t a spectrum, it’s triangular

robinmcalpine.org

24 December 2021 11:09

Trying to win without trying to humiliate could be the key to getting things done in 2022

In 2022, make sure everyone has the bus fare home

robinmcalpine.org

15 December 2021 19:00

A terrible budget settlement and now yet another delay to the Deposit Return Scheme should be causing great concern for the Scottish Greens - but doesn't seem to be

The Greens should worry about their government’s performance

robinmcalpine.org

15 December 2021 13:36

The remit of the Scottish Government's Covid Inquiry is pretty comprehensive and its Chair predictable but solid - but information is still being held back and the reasons for this are not clear

The Covid inquiry looks sound – so why the secrecy?

robinmcalpine.org

14 December 2021 18:09

We have medicalised society under the promise that it would bring an end to the Covid crisis - but it hasn't. If we're to find long-term answers, the nature of the Covid debate has to change.

Time for some Covid honesty

robinmcalpine.org

14 December 2021 14:27

There isn't much positive news around, so I will take great comfort in the wonderful and victorious campaign run by the people of Biggar to save our historic bonfire

Embers of hope burn on…

robinmcalpine.org

13 December 2021 17:54

New figures show a new low in the proportion of investigations into care providers - but separate figures show quite the opposite for investigations into the workforce. What is going on?

Why are care inspections decreasing?

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10 December 2021 15:15

The timeline split in 2014. You're still stuck in Scotland but the Scottish Government has migrated to the other timeline - and everything there is BRILLIANT!

Scotland vs. Adjectavia

robinmcalpine.org

09 December 2021 18:27

The Scottish Budget is about as stand still as it gets, but bodes ill both for local government and for the prospects of a National Care Service - and Climate Change action