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Terrorism isn’t a warning-level offence

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/terrorism-isnt-a-warning-level-offence

Published: November 18, 2025 10:44

Scotland is now in a surreal position where a man accused of terrorism can be let off with a warning. Not a trial. Not a plea bargain. A warning – the kind usually reserved for shoplifting or disorderly conduct. Sean Clerkin, arrested in July for holding a…

Hostile immigration policies keep backfiring on centrists

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-9e87s

Published: November 17, 2025 10:03

Superficially, some of what the UK Government is proposing to do on immigration reform sounds a bit like some of what Common Weal has proposed – and yet the differences are vast. This difference delineates the political change that has taken place in the…

The power balance between officials and democracy is the wrong way round

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-nd9yg

Published: November 14, 2025 10:30

The case of Fiona Higgins at Glasgow City Council is one that should concern all of Scotland. She is a councillor in Glasgow who identified what she saw as a deliberate cover-up of information about cuts to education in Glasgow, pursued them and found…

Scotland’s tax gap is the Scottish Government’s own stupid fault

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-pppnj

Published: November 13, 2025 10:13

Audit Scotland has published a study on the differential impact between the amount Scotland's tax system was expected to rise and how much it actually rose. It is likely that most people in Scotland will misunderstand what that report says.It probably…

The financialisation of housing costs you tens of thousands of pounds

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-thljn

Published: November 12, 2025 09:29

The way we build houses in the UK could be costing you an average of almost £67,000. This could be fixed by making housebuilding a public infrastructure project rather than a means for very rich shareholders to transfer your wealth to themselves. Volume…

Real land reform is coming… just not from this crop of politicians

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/03-11-2025-cd-zjb79

Published: November 11, 2025 10:19

Robin McAlpine’s report back from the REVIVE Conference: We will challenge the landlords and make this a country where ordinary people can truly own their own land.

Protecting green space is a pro-human policy

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-c9rgw

Published: November 11, 2025 10:13

The argument over the destruction of the Roseburn Path in Edinburgh reflect a problem Britain has faced for many years – the demands of developers constantly reduce shared and public spaces, and it is very difficult to reverse this one spaces are lost.…

Military procurement has always been out of control

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-953zp

Published: November 10, 2025 09:54

Many people will have missed a story in this weekend's Financial Times, but it is crucial to know about to understand the debate over the militarisation of Europe. From 1 to 8 of February this year the UK's most senior defence staff and 60 commercial…

This is not a climate action plan

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-7x8pg

Published: November 7, 2025 10:40

The Scottish Government scrapped its climate targets last year and has repeatedly delayed the publication of its new climate action plan. It has finally been launched but has been described as “a major missed opportunity”, “dreadful” and “too woolly”,…

The Scottish Government isn’t taking Digital Security seriously

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-xta27

Published: November 6, 2025 08:47

Yesterday, the Scottish Government published a “refresh” of its digital and cyber security strategy. It shows signs of already being out of date and, in contrast to the EU’s recently published digital sovereignty framework, lacks any concept of modern…

If you want a Scottish Mamdani, Start here

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-rx5kn

Published: November 5, 2025 08:59

Zohran Mamdani has shaken up the politics of the US with his win in the New York mayoral elections despite and even in spite of those who should have been allies within his pattern and definitely in spite of Donald Trump’s smear campaign and threats to cut…

Business interests writing policy are not doing you a favour

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-fd629

Published: November 4, 2025 09:43

The infiltration of government by commercial interests is one of the most established forms of corruption in this country, and yet it is so widespread it is seldom even mentioned. A simplistic narrative has emerged around business interests which are these…

every public building must be great

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-bd9cn

Published: November 3, 2025 10:19

So a publicly-built school has as many problems with it and will cost as much to fix as some PFI debacle. Does this somehow disprove Common Weal's policy of public infrastructure owned and designed in public hands, for public good? We would argue strongly…