Over 270 international campaigners say the Energy Charter Treaty must be scrapped to stop fossil fuel companies challenging government climate change action

Following Nicola Sturgeon’s exchange with Andrew Neil, Common Weal director Robin McAlpine offers his guide to some of the most common questions facing supporters of independence

FOR five years now, Common Weal has repeated over and over that, sooner or later but with absolute inevitability, the independence movement will have to provide clear and coherent answers to the kinds of questions Andrew Neil asked Nicola Sturgeon this week. These were not unreasonable questions.

Brexit deal will leave Scots £1,600 worse off by 2030, according to Scottish Government impact assessment

CommonSpace considers one of the most pressing and ‘evergreen’ questions facing the Westminster Parliament today: how did that happen? 

Political influence of coal, oil and gas must end, new campaign demands

Think tank research points to risks of ‘no deal’ Brexit and impact of political uncertainty on the economy

Concerns grow in Scotland and the EU over plans by Shell to abandon some North Sea oil infrastructure rather than dismantling it

Jo Swinson: “The last thing Scotland needs right now is indyref2”

The Lib Dems have decided they are not that bothered about a People’s Vote after all, now standing on a ‘Revoke and Remain’ ticket in the General Election. The implications for a future independence referendum if such a position ever comes to fruition would be stark, Ben Wray finds.

A GENERAL ELECTION has been stalled by the opposition until after 31 October. But in November, it’s on. With no majority in parliament, the Tories cannot continue to govern for long, however much the opposition (perversely) may want the agony to continue.