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Right wing policy is stuck in a time warp
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 02/09/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 02/09/2025

Right wing policy is stuck in a time warp

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Landlords don't solve homelessness
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 01/09/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 01/09/2025

Landlords don't solve homelessness

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We need to take cars off the road, not subsidise them to sell more
Industry, Place, Resources Robin McAlpine 29/08/2025 Industry, Place, Resources Robin McAlpine 29/08/2025

We need to take cars off the road, not subsidise them to sell more

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There’s no plan b for learning to swim
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 26/08/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 26/08/2025

There’s no plan b for learning to swim

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The innovative high school that should be normal
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 22/08/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 22/08/2025

The innovative high school that should be normal

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Whole-system fixes needed to ambulance failures
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 20/08/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 20/08/2025

Whole-system fixes needed to ambulance failures

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The Scottish Government controls the policing of protest in Scotland
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 19/08/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 19/08/2025

The Scottish Government controls the policing of protest in Scotland

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Collective democratic planning can make a just transition just for communities too
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 06/08/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 06/08/2025

Collective democratic planning can make a just transition just for communities too

Collective democratic planning can make a just transition just for communities too

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Now Scotland's census is being outsourced – it is time to reclaim public policy-making
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 23/07/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 23/07/2025

Now Scotland's census is being outsourced – it is time to reclaim public policy-making

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How to stop faith-based funding for private interests
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 15/07/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 15/07/2025

How to stop faith-based funding for private interests

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Scotland could lead the UK in taxing wealth
Money, Resources, Wellbeing Craig Dalzell 14/07/2025 Money, Resources, Wellbeing Craig Dalzell 14/07/2025

Scotland could lead the UK in taxing wealth

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The failure of the UK Government to adopt zonal pricing plays politics with power
Industry, Resources Craig Dalzell 09/07/2025 Industry, Resources Craig Dalzell 09/07/2025

The failure of the UK Government to adopt zonal pricing plays politics with power

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The UK’s Welfare shambles will have a long echo
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 02/07/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 02/07/2025

The UK’s Welfare shambles will have a long echo

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Making the poor pay the bills of the rich is an easily-fixable act of political cowardice
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 27/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 27/06/2025

Making the poor pay the bills of the rich is an easily-fixable act of political cowardice

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An unfunded autism diagnosis target may make things worse
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 25/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 25/06/2025

An unfunded autism diagnosis target may make things worse

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It is not true that one in three Scots have paid for private healthcare
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 24/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 24/06/2025

It is not true that one in three Scots have paid for private healthcare

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University failure is a case study in the need for governance reform
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 20/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 20/06/2025

University failure is a case study in the need for governance reform

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Does Highland depopulation mean it is time for their own Parliament?
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 18/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 18/06/2025

Does Highland depopulation mean it is time for their own Parliament?

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If you are serious about government waste, you need a coherent analysis
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 17/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 17/06/2025

If you are serious about government waste, you need a coherent analysis

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There are better solutions for Glasgow than 'hard man leaders'
Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 16/06/2025 Care, Democracy, Health, Independence, Industry, Information, Justice, Learning, Money, Place, Recreation, Resources, Security, Wellbeing, World Robin McAlpine 16/06/2025

There are better solutions for Glasgow than 'hard man leaders'

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