SNP CND convener Bill Ramsay urges SNP members to raise the issue of Nato membership at the autumn conference - with a stipulation

THE outcome of the General Election suggests that an explicit approach to politics beats the implicit. 

From an SNP perspective, a few declaratory statements around the immorality and costs to the public purse of nuclear weapons wont be enough in my view to see off the Corbyn challenge. Rather, what the SNP requires is a clearly laid out road map of Trident removal.

The Tory-DUP government faces a maze of political problems after only one week in power

THERE have been few governments in UK history which faced so many problems so soon into their term in government.

The Tory-DUP deal, which was needed to create a slim Commons majority for the right, was finally agreed on Monday (26 June). Prime Minister Theresa May's reference to a DUP MP as her "right honourable friend", a term ususally reserved for members of the same party or members of the Privy Council, has signified her reliance on the hard right unionist party.

Writer Jamie McLeod explains why he cares about Scottish independence and why emotions really matter

SCOTLAND. What is it? Is it a nation, a colony, a province or simply an idea?

I grew up in an obscure part of Scotland where fishing and Rangers FC was life – nothing else really mattered. Growing up 30 miles north of Aberdeen, I would have been forgiven for not realising just how close I was to Scotland’s third city. 

The difference in accent, tradition, culture and mentality still to this day astonishes me.

CommonSpace columnist and Common Weal director Robin McAlpine is rejoicing at the prospect of getting down to business with the independence case

HURRAY. We're finally ready to begin.

There are moments in politics where you can see a clear turning point, one which alters the dynamics. Yesterday felt like one of those.

Because in the First Minister's announcement we heard what I think was the first, solid workable and winnable route forward for Scottish independence since 2014.

CommonSpace columnist and Common Weal director Robin McAlpine takes a look at some of the immediate challenges facing the independence movement

A FEW weeks ago I was worried that too many in the independence movement could only see the future in terms of success and were in denial about a number of problems. Now people have started to see the future only in terms of a series of problems.

So here are a few of the problems and what I think are fairly straightforward solutions.

Management consultant Mark McKergow says shadowing UK ministers would be a sensible step for an independent state-in-waiting

FOLLOWING the recent disappointing General Election results, Common Weal director Robin McAlpine wrote on CommonSpace about the benefits of getting away from talking about referendums and onto the meat of developing ideas about how an independent Scotland can work. 

SNP activist and politics graduate Steve Daley warns the SNP will be in big trouble if it doesn't recapture the radical spirit of Yes

THE SNP was never going to do as well as it did in 2015, that much was clear. On top of that the Tories were always going to pick up 4-6 seats as a result of their 'no indy' stance and the relative popularity of Ruth Davidson. 

Blogger Kevan O'Reilly gives his reaction to the General Election result in Scotland

THE TORIES have 13 seats in Scotland. It's the perfect ammunition for Ruth Davidson and her Conservative and Unionist party to appear on political programmes from now until the next election saying that indyref 2 is dead in the water.

They are hoping if they say "Scotland doesn’t want another divisive independence  referendum" enough times we’ll start to believe them.

I wrote an article a while ago, 'The Tories are coming', well, here they are.