Hi and welcome to RobinMcAlpine.org. This is my attempt to do what I can to contribute more to Scotland by creating a place where you can get solid news and policy analysis, opinions on current affairs, new ideas to think about and resources to help explain important things that are happening. But it really isn't about me. My work in Common Weal means I get great access to a lot of information, knowledge and expertise – but I can't even begin to cover the entire gap in the scrutiny of Scotland's policy and democracy. That's why I want to start by asking for your help. If you have policy expertise or direct experience of public life in Scotland and think that people would benefit from you explaining what you know or revealing what you've seen and are willing to write about it, please get in touch. Or perhaps you're struggling to get a community initiative off the ground in the face of...
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The Worlds to Come: Part Four
There is a utopian vision of the world at the end of the current conflicts – and it is not as difficult to reach as it at first seems
The Worlds to Come: Part Three
The world seems to be set on a default path, a future of ever-escalating military tensions. We must understand that this is likely to finish humanity.
The Worlds to Come: Part Two
Part of the trick of militarism is to pretend there are simple answers, easy solutions – always involving weapons. It is simply not true. The world is more complicated than that.
The Worlds to Come: Part One
During a time of war the voices of violence prey on people’s fears. We must remember that war is horror and that the war party s never satiated, always want more. We can make other choices.
Robin Ruins the World
I’ve done loads and loads of policy work on climate change – so why am I so bad at this game?
Why is Scotland’s shipbuilding going so wrong?
There are currently two political explanations of why the disastrous construction of ferries has gone so far off the rails – and neither of them is right. It’s all about the specification….
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Hi and welcome to RobinMcAlpine.org. This is my attempt to do what I can to contribute more to Scotland by creating a place where you can get solid news and policy analysis, opinions on current affairs, new ideas to think about and resources to help explain important...
Latest
The Worlds to Come: Part Four
There is a utopian vision of the world at the end of the current conflicts – and it is not as difficult to reach as it at first seems
The Worlds to Come: Part Three
The world seems to be set on a default path, a future of ever-escalating military tensions. We must understand that this is likely to finish humanity.
The Worlds to Come: Part Two
Part of the trick of militarism is to pretend there are simple answers, easy solutions – always involving weapons. It is simply not true. The world is more complicated than that.
The Worlds to Come: Part One
During a time of war the voices of violence prey on people’s fears. We must remember that war is horror and that the war party s never satiated, always want more. We can make other choices.
Robin Ruins the World
I’ve done loads and loads of policy work on climate change – so why am I so bad at this game?
Why is Scotland’s shipbuilding going so wrong?
There are currently two political explanations of why the disastrous construction of ferries has gone so far off the rails – and neither of them is right. It’s all about the specification….
Opinion
The Worlds to Come: Part Four
There is a utopian vision of the world at the end of the current conflicts – and it is not as difficult to reach as it at first seems
The Worlds to Come: Part Three
The world seems to be set on a default path, a future of ever-escalating military tensions. We must understand that this is likely to finish humanity.
The Worlds to Come: Part Two
Part of the trick of militarism is to pretend there are simple answers, easy solutions – always involving weapons. It is simply not true. The world is more complicated than that.
Opinion
The Worlds to Come: Part Four
There is a utopian vision of the world at the end of the current conflicts – and it is not as difficult to reach as it at first seems
The Worlds to Come: Part Three
The world seems to be set on a default path, a future of ever-escalating military tensions. We must understand that this is likely to finish humanity.
The Worlds to Come: Part Two
Part of the trick of militarism is to pretend there are simple answers, easy solutions – always involving weapons. It is simply not true. The world is more complicated than that.
Analysis
Why is Scotland’s shipbuilding going so wrong?
There are currently two political explanations of why the disastrous construction of ferries has gone so far off the rails – and neither of them is right. It’s all about the specification….
What does ‘private investment’ in retrofit mean?
The First Minister has been “lobbying London firms” to invest in housing retrofit in Scotland. What does this mean?
Does Scotland jail too many people?
New statistics show that Scotland is in disturbing company in the list of European nations with the highest rates of imprisonment in Europe
AudioVisual
Coming soon…
Ideas
Start a National Leasing Service
How to have everything you ever wanted, pay less and save the world…
Create ‘public journalism’
Scotland’s media is under-resourced so can’t scrutinise properly – a publicly owned news agency would set journalism free
Set up Policy Academies
Big, open, transparent, public centres of thinking to develop the best possible public policy in Scotland, Policy Academies could transform government
Elsewhere
Biden’s foreign policy is a complete mess
David Pratt concisely and clearly explains how Joe Biden is making an absolute mess of the US’s foreign policy stance
Why Scotland never creates it’s supply chain
Really clear explanation by Dick Winchester of why Scotland is going to lose out AGAIN from the opportunity to develop a renewable energy supply chain
Scotland’s real government…
An excellent piece from Nick Kempe on the insidious role of KPMG (and the other Big Accountancy firms) in the government of Scotland