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thecommongreen

@thecommongreen@mastodon.scot

Head of Policy and Research -
@Common_Weal
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Wrote a book - http://tinyurl.com/AllofOurFutures
Used to play with lasers.
All of Us First.

Contact: craig@common.scot

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If you believe that war crimes should only be prosecuted when your enemies commit them, you are complicit in the war crimes of your allies.

thecommongreen, to random
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Go on Rishi. Declare Belfast a "foreign court". Do it. XD

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/huge-blow-rishi-sunak-court-32798530

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Rishi Sunak drumbeating war as an election stunt at an event hosted by a think tank that scores the lowest possible rating for financial transparency.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-funds-you/policy-exchange/

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Well, that was a terrifying glimpse into Sunak's "Patriotic Future" - a dystopian and authoritarian nightmare for everyone who isn't absolutely loyal to the regime.

thecommongreen,
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Very telling that the "threats" to the UK according to Sunak are leftists, environmentalists, pacifists, migrants, peaceful protesters, democrats, those who human rights and (specifically) Scottish nationalists.

Not the far right, climate change deniers, polluters, pro-genocide militarists, racists and xenophobes, authoritarians and anyone in favour of stripping you of human rights.

He supports them.

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My column in this week's @Common_Weal newsletter is directed at the Scottish Government's new and returning Cabinet Secretaries. For each of you, here are the Common Weal policy papers that should be at the top of your In Tray.

https://commonweal.scot/the-in-tray/

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Yesterday I was at the Parliament to give evidence to the Finance Committee on a governing framework for Commissioners - a slightly arcane topic but one pretty fundamental to how our democracy might be changing without us realising it. I warned about the risk of government pushing responsibility away from elected Ministers and onto appointed Commissioners, for example.

An intense session but one that was received well by the Committee.

You can watch the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fi5OJXdlLs

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My article in this week's Common Weal Newsletter.

The "economic case" for the 'Green Freeports' is that if we cut corporate taxes, they create jobs and income taxes offset the tax cut.

However, ScotGov hasn't done the modelling to see if this would be the case.

https://commonweal.scot/a-deal-with-the-devolved-part-three/

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Excellent and hard hitting Episode of the Common Weal Policy Podcast on profit extraction from Scotland. Yet another example of the fact that globalised benefits no one but the ultra rich.

The Common Weal Policy Podcast: Episode - Profit and Politics

Episode webpage: http://commonweal.scot

Media file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/14990854-episode-209-profit-and-politics.mp3

thecommongreen,
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@simon_brooke One of our very first papers (before I joined the org) asked that very question. Aye. I'm very much up for more forms of worker ownership like Mondragon.

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The Vote of No Confidence in the Scottish Government
Yes - 58
No - 70
No Abstentions

The vote fails. Parliament retains confidence in the Government. The SNP shall continue a minority administration.

SNP and Greens voted against.
Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems and Alba voted for. There were no rebels.

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Given this week it takes some doing to wrestle a newspaper front page away from the party leadership stramash but...it looks like I've done it!

New Policy Paper released tomorrow (and it's not about the kelpies)

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