After the row over Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid conduct subsides, the deep flaws exposed by the pandemic will still afflict the UK. Time for a British repair job.
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The Knowledge We Need
Shifting to a more knowledge-based curriculum is the only way Scottish schools can recover from the decline in standards, writes Lindsay Paterson.
Continue readingA Healthier Nation
We need to change the way the NHS works. Here’s how.
Continue readingThe Future of The Scottish Health System: Prevention, Precision & Personalisation
This first blog of 2024 sets out our thinking on where the NHS stands in Scotland and how the adoption of the “3Ps” can keep it sustainable in the long-term.
Continue readingScotland Inc – Delivering A Scottish Industrial Strategy
Humza Yousaf is right about the need for an economic plan. However his plan is unrealistic and unavailable. Here’s how Scotland can get back to economic growth.
Continue reading“The Scottish Parliament has been only a partial success, certainly less successful than campaigners hoped for at the onset in 1997. It can do better.”
Nigel Smith was “the most influential campaigner you’ve never heard of” and one of the architects of devolution. Two years after his untimely passing, his family have published his thoughts on the Scottish Parliament’s record – and how we can revive the “new politics”.
Continue readingWe Have a Scottish Book Town. Why Not More?
The question is begged: if it worked for Wigtown, could it not work elsewhere too?
Continue readingExperimenting with drugs
There are lots of people in Scotland who know what they’re doing. The Scottish government need to give them money and get out of the way.
Continue readingOur Politics Has to Rise to the Occasion
Campaigning during May’s local elections, I found myself at the door of a small terraced house in Glasgow. The conversation I had with the woman who lived there, her children peeking round her legs to see who was at the door, has stayed with me in the months since.
Continue readingHow To Fix The Energy Crisis
There’s nothing stopping Scotland from having lower energy bills and a carbon neutral future. To do so, we to need reform Britain’s energy union – not end it.
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