Campaigners welcome the endorsement of SNP grassroots, despite an attempt to remit back the resolution

THE SNP CONFERENCE in Aberdeen today [8 June] voted overwhelmingly to support the creation of a Scottish National Infrastructure Company (SNIC), a public alternative to private sector involvement in the creation of major infrastructure projects such as schools, hospitals and roads.  

Loud cheers for Kerevan’s criticism of Growth Commission currency proposals

FORMER SNP MP and economist George Kerevan told an SNP fringe meeting that “if we don’t have our own currency we are at the mercy of the banks”, during a debate on independence and the Scottish economy.

Ahead of party conference in Aberdeen, SNP student group condemns the system that empowered companies such as Carillion

THE SNP STUDENTS GROUP has announced their support for a resolution in favour of a Scottish National Infrastructure Company (SNIC) ahead of the SNP’s national conference in Aberdeen next week.

The resolution argues that “the current system of private companies being relied on to control and manage public contracts is, we believe, incredibly flawed and has failed to benefit the people of Scotland.

CommonSpace journalist Alasdair Clark explores the impact of the global revolt of 1968 in Scotland, looking at what happened and didn’t happen here, and its legacy

1968 is most remembered now for the events in May in Paris, but it was a genuinely global revolt creating political and social earthquakes in Eastern Europe, the US, Mexico and even Pakistan - but what about Scotland?

Top statistician reveals link between PFI’s excessive profits and project failures and backs National Infrastructure Company

A grassroots SNP campaign has called for an end to the involvement of companies like Carillion in public infrastructure projects

A GRASSROOTS campaign chaired by two former SNP MPs has launched to win party support for a Scottish National Infrastructure Company (SNIC) to replace private companies like Carillion in managing public contracts. 

The group will campaign internally for a state-owned infrastructure company which would manage public contracts and remove the need for private financing in building projects such as schools and hospitals.

Figures from Scottish politics have joined with Catalan delegates to defend Sunday’s vote

THE SOLIDARITY between Scotland and Catalonia ahead of Sunday’s embattled Catalan independence referendum was further articulated on Thursday night, when figures from Scottish politics came together with a delegation from the Catalan Government to explain the unfolding situation and defend a right to democracy they claim has been imperilled.

Peace campaigners welcome SNP guest speakers to Glasgow event

AN event exploring ‘nuclear power struggle’ between North Korea and the USA will be hosted by SNP Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) on Sunday (10 September).

The event, called ‘Two Men and a Bomb’ – in reference to Donald Trump and Kim-Jong Un – will take place at the CCA in Glasgow and will be open to non SNP members.

CommonSpace columnist and Common Weal head of policy Ben Wray reviews Tackling Timorous Economics - a new book from respected economic thinkers Katherine Trebeck, George Kerevan MP and Stephen Boyd

I'VE been involved in Scottish politics in one way or another for a decade now and I can’t remember a time when the quality of debate about the Scottish economy was any good.