News that the North Sea oil industry could be close to massive reductions in its workforce mean that Scotland's two big parties are going to war again over who is responsible. Jim Murphy, the leader of Labour in Scotland, has attacked the Scottish National Party via his team in the Scottish … Read more...
Sweden has made the headlines again recently for a spate of attacks on buildings being used by Muslims for worship. As in the rest of Western Europe, the re-emergence of an anti-immigrant populism has emboldened the traditional far-right to show itself more brazenly. International reporting of … Read more...
by Sean Duffy The fallow minds of New Labour’s most intellectually vacant meeting rooms could never have come up with slogans so meaningless, yet phrases such as t ‘We are the 45’; ‘Better together’, ‘All of us first’ and perhaps strangest of all ‘One Scotland’ have come to litter the popular … Read more...
by Chris McCall Most visitors to North Queensferry are attracted by its views of the Forth bridges or the local aquarium and its collection of sharks. But there’s another big beast lurking in this small Fife coastal village that lures a different type of tourist - political hacks and television … Read more...
The cheering crowds that welcomed Nicola Sturgeon to the stage at the Glasgow Hydro this week are evidence of a party at the top of its game. Since the referendum, the SNP have moved to build on the base of support established during the independence referendum. Their message is simple - if you … Read more...
Julian Assange remains a hugely divisive figure. For more than two years now he has been resident in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, granted political asylum by the government in Ecuador in relation to an ongoing investigation being carried out by the US government whilst also facing accusations … Read more...
by Cameron Foster Your man David Hume fancied he knew a bit about imagination. Far from being seen as some sort of limitless, mystical, internal force, he was content to frame it as simply “compounding, transposing, augmenting or diminishing the materials afforded us by the senses and … Read more...
The Post Collective is calling for submissions and ideas for our next magazine release, which will have the theme of Energy politics in Scotland. In this issue we want to delve into energy politics in Scotland and its political, social and cultural impacts. We want to ask questions about … Read more...
Would you like to be part of a democratic media project? Post is becoming more regular, quarterly print and online magazine and we are looking for people to join us to help make that happen. We need writers, designers, photographers, film makers and people with ideas to get involved and make Post … Read more...
Last Saturday tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of London, Glasgow and Belfast to convey a simple but powerful message: ‘Britain needs a pay rise’. The demonstration, organised by the TUC, follows a number of pay strikes across the public sector in recent weeks. Given the facts … Read more...