Gerry Hassan
Writer at Freelance
Writer commentator academic. Hon Prof of Social Change; Books Editor @BellaCaledonia; Editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge'.
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1 week ago |
gerryhassan.com | Gerry Hassan
Why the Reform Bandwagon is coming to Scotland – and what can be done to stop it? Sunday National, 25 May 2025Gerry HassanNigel Farage and Reform are on the march across England, Wales and Scotland. What was once seen as purely an English (as well as Welsh) phenomenon is now making clear inroads in Scotland. In the past few weeks Reform have risen to 21% in Westminster voting intentions in Scotland and 20% in one Scottish Parliament poll in regional list voting intentions.
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2 weeks ago |
thenational.scot | Gerry Hassan
In the past few weeks, Reform UK have risen to 21% in Westminster voting intentions in Scotland and 20% in one Scottish Parliament poll in regional list voting intentions. This would make them the main opposition party to the SNP and dramatically alter the composition of Holyrood. And they are challenging for first place in the Welsh Senedd elections. In real votes, the party is making its presence increasingly felt.
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1 month ago |
gerryhassan.com | Gerry Hassan
The Road from 2014 is Over: A New Road Map is needed for Scotland and IndependenceSunday National, April 27 2025Gerry HassanScottish politics has had some climatic moments recently – the UK Supreme Court decision on women’s and trans rights; the SNP and Labour trying to deal with the challenge of Reform; and the brief excitement of an opinion poll with a sensational degree of independence support.
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1 month ago |
archive.ph | Gerry Hassan
Beyond this, Scottish politics is characterised by drift and by being in the doldrums with a lack of dynamism, direction and purpose – and a great big void at the heart where there should be energy and engagement. Take the discussions about attitudes towards Reform, for example.
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1 month ago |
thenational.scot | Gerry Hassan
Now is the time to choose a new direction, writes Gerry Hassan SCOTTISH politics has had some climactic moments recently – the UK Supreme Court decision on women’s and trans rights; the SNP and Labour trying to deal with the challenge of Reform UK and the brief excitement of an opinion poll with a sensational degree of independence support.
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This is the sort of innovation & public investment in infrastructure that small, successful states such as Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania can do. A new Tallinn-Riga-Vilnius train line linking three stunning capitals in an act of Baltic solidarity & connectivity. HT @RailBaltica
Good morning! Just leaving Tallinn on the 10:02 train to Riga for a 1-night stay. This is the new integrated Tallinn-Riga-Vilnius train service operated by Elron, Vivi & LTG Link, introduced in December last year, https://t.co/oHDY7pW91o https://t.co/8iMBM3ZmIt
A retired man who has become a landlord said to me recently with no preamble: "I detest the way the word landlord has become pejorative." I replied saying I understood why & mentioned the concept "unearned income" which he bristled at. There is a whole sub-class of such folk.
If folk want to talk about a broken social contract then we should be discussing the price of housing, how much it costs to live and to raise a family and expectations of job security and wage levels. Landlords, banks and bosses ought to be the central villains.
CorbynistaFaragism. Where a large part of UK public opinion is & would like the UK to be: generous public spending while pulling up the drawbridge in a 'British isolationism'.
Handing out benefits with no plan to pay for it. Where have we heard that before? https://t.co/JiUFPVH4DS
