by Robin McAlpine | 26 May 2023 | Opinion
First published by Common Weal Right, for this week’s newsletter it’ll be some of my trade secrets. Or perhaps more accurately, some useful techniques I use in trying to work through public policy or bureaucracy more generally. This came up in a team... by Robin McAlpine | 24 May 2023 | Opinion
There is clearly alarm at the latest opinion poll. It says the SNP is going to face major losses in the General Election. It seems to have been the poll that made some people realise this is a consistent pattern now. But is this enough to get the party to face... by Robin McAlpine | 22 May 2023 | Opinion
When I was a child I remember the following quite vividly. It was coming home from a summer holiday somewhere hot and dusty. We made it back the the little village I spent most of my childhood in and… it was strangely different. In only two weeks I’d... by Robin McAlpine | 19 May 2023 | Opinion
An acquaintance comes round to pick something up. I ask if he wants a cup of tea so we sit and chat for a little while. He’s an interesting guy, not someone I know through politics but someone who it turns out takes a significant interest in public affairs and... by Robin McAlpine | 18 May 2023 | Opinion
I know that my generation of men, the people I kicked around with in the places where I grew up, are not exactly flavour of the decade. But there is one aspect of that culture I miss – a strong bias towards doing work and a strong disregard for people who talk about...
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