Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Columnist at The National (Scotland)
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1 week ago |
thenational.scot | Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
THE independence movement is at a critical juncture. The SNP, as its leading political arm, is struggling to convince even its most loyal supporters that it has a serious plan for delivering independence. Yet, because the SNP dominates the movement so completely, to the average voter outside the independence bubble, the SNP is the independence movement.
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1 month ago |
thenational.scot | Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
John Swinney in organising his recent conference against the far-right shows that he understands the looming political crises, but it just adds to the impression that social democrats the world over don't seem to understand why it's happening nor how to fight it. You see, the rise of the far-right in the western world is not just a political crisis, it is a crisis of social disintegration, of rising inequality and loss of wellbeing.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
thenational.scot | Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
THE era following the fall of the Roman Empire was called The Dark Ages. A transitional period following the collapse of the established world order before a new world order arose. American hegemony did not last Rome's 500 years and although the USA may have led the world in living memory, America’s century is over (it only really lasted about 80 years). A new Dark Age is upon us and the political elites and institutions of the West are powerless to resist.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
inkl.com | Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
New analysis from the Resolution Foundation shows that low- and middle-income families in the UK are poorer than those in any other European country. This is caused by soaring housing prices, which are 44% higher in the UK compared to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average. The think tank showed that UK prices are 8% higher than the average in the 38 countries in the OECD.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
thenational.scot | Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
This is from a newsletter from Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp, called Reinventing Scotland. It explores the wellbeing economy. Sign up here to receive it straight to your inbox. THROUGHOUT the Western world, right-wing populist politics are on the rise. In the UK, Reform are gaining ground taking votes away from the Conservative party by running the proto-fascist political playbook.
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