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Innes Burns
May 4, 20234 min read
What are HPMAs and what's the fuss?
The Scottish Government has committed to designating a proportion of Scotland’s seas as highly protected marine areas (HMPA) which will...


James Smith
May 2, 20237 min read
IPCC debrief.
Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and climate change… what do they all have in common? They are all highly toxic to the planet, they send many...


Innes Burns
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Continuity won't cut it.
If it’s Liberals getting Labour over the line, significant Westminster reform must be non-negotiable. If Great Britain is the so-called...


Innes Burns
Apr 25, 20236 min read
Education Transparency: Why is Scot Govt under fire?
The Scottish Government has announced that Scotland will re-join international league tables on education after withdrawing from them a...


Sally Donald
Apr 9, 20234 min read
Misogyny Politics
It’s over a decade since then Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, gave her now famous ‘misogyny speech’ in response to the leader...


Innes Burns
Apr 6, 20237 min read
Gender ctd.
It’s been amazing listening to the voice of regular people from all corners of society on the Untribal Podcast. Today, a young man called...


Caitlin Fairlie
Mar 30, 20238 min read
What now?
There has been a lot of conversation over the last week, in fact, the last four weeks, about the future of the SNP and of the wider...


James Smith
Mar 30, 20235 min read
Nicola: One to remember.
Rounding off just over eight years in power Nicola Sturgeon made her 286th and last First Minister’s closing speech last week. As she...


Innes Burns
Mar 27, 20237 min read
Meet the donkeys
“I would say as an MP, obviously I don’t need to… you know… earn a king’s ransom” Just the £84,000 a year eh. Imagine being able to snarl...

Sally Donald
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Women supporting women.
As a young woman in politics I have found myself constantly frustrated at the lack of targeted support, networking and opportunities to...


James Smith
Mar 19, 20236 min read
Why so defensive?
You see it all the time. It’s in our homes, bars, schools, television, colleges, politics and social media. God, you only have to look at...


Innes Burns
Mar 13, 20235 min read
Live and let die.
We used to say live and let live, but in this ever changin world in which we live in… it isn’t as simple anymore. So complex, in fact,...


James Smith
Mar 13, 20237 min read
Stop the boats.
“Stop the boats”. This is the harrowing message sprawled across the front of Rishi Sunak’s podium as he addresses his audience during a...


Caitlin Fairlie
Mar 12, 20235 min read
More than a day.
Something happens as a woman when you first start engaging with feminism. I have seen it happen in (particularly) young women time and...

Innes Burns
Mar 9, 20236 min read
Make PSH Illegal: a male's perspective.
Throughout my whole life, I’ve felt a real drive and devotion to helping my fellow Scot. Sometimes excessively so… there’s a real...


Sally Donald
Mar 9, 20233 min read
Make PSH Illegal: the campaign.
I was a child when I first experienced public sexual harassment. I was waking home from school when a van drove passed, beeped at me and...

Innes Burns
Mar 7, 20235 min read
The emotive blight on political order.
Constructive criticism and proper scrutiny are absolutely necessary for politics… but encouraging revolt against Government schemes as a...


Caitlin Fairlie
Mar 3, 20235 min read
The Performance of Politics: Leadership Race
It's not a new complaint, in fact for as long as I have been alive, and probably longer, the questions around politicians' honesty,...


James Smith
Mar 3, 20235 min read
Drugs: we need to talk.
It’s time to get real about drugs and alcohol in Scotland. A National Statistics Publication for Scotland in 2020 reported that 10,757...


Innes Burns
Feb 28, 20235 min read
Scotland's Brexit Deal: the only country to be judased.
“Northern Ireland is in the unbelievably special position. A unique position in the entire world, the European content, in having...

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