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Scottish council elections – a bad night for us all
STEPHEN LOW sizes up last Thursday’s election results north of the border – and warns that local democracy and municipal services are in need of defending
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
Kenny MacAskill remembers a ‘Sovietologist’ and voice for peace and reconciliation at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
The right to buy may have been scrapped in Scotland, but the damage it has done lives on even now, writes MATT KERR
Ahead of the CP’s Congress later this month, RICHARD HEBBERT looks at the pressing climate issues humanity faces and their interdependence with capitalism
ALL OF the parties came out of the council elections in Scotland with something to smile about — yes, even the Tories.
Having a very bad night indeed, though, was whole idea of local government. So the losers on Thursday were pretty much all of us.
The contest to run Scotland’s councils might be over, but the fight to defend local government really needs to get started.
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