I had the honour of speaking again at this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration at the People’s Palace in Glasgow. Earlier the same week I had bumped in to that great and longstanding campaigner, Jim Swan at the STUC...
Imagine the look on a divorce lawyer’s face if you went to into his office and narrated the facts of Brexit: a 40 year relationship is ending; the couple’s vast finances are almost inextricably intermeshed and they have a long and inglorious...
From the vast array of media coverage in recent times, we all know Scotland is once again heading to polling stations this week. On 4th May 2017, the Scottish people are being asked to vote for who they want to be in charge of their local council....
A mother is calling, for a second time, for a private inquest to be held in order to identify whether or not her daughter’s asthma was caused by London’s polluted air. Ella Kissi-Debrah was just nine years old when she suffered a fatal asthma...
"What will it cost? For us to stay? Something seriously needs done with Health & Safety” “You want us not to leave? Then you need to help us out with the red tape and the cost of workers compensation" “Well, there is one way that the...
It is the morning of 2017’s International Women’s Day, and, happily, I have already been reminded of that fact by news websites, radio features, an announcement at the top of my social media feed, and even the ‘doodle’ my internet search...
Tragically, whether we are informed by local reports, social networking sites or national media, rarely a few days go by without news focused on a missing person. The reality is undeniably worse than our exposure with figures last year revealing...
It was with depressing, unsurprising and complete and utter inevitability that I read the submission of the insurance industry to the Scottish Parliament in relation to the Bill to remove time bar for victims of historical abuse. I have blogged...