Ruchir Shah

Johann Lamont's big conference speech was rhetorically impressive but does local government really equal community empowerment? Read more

Key principles Local democracy is not the same as local government. Local representative democracy and participative democracy, where people associate directly to make change happen, act in concert to check and balance each other. Elected representatives need to nourish and... Read more

Ironically passing on the night of the launch of his biopic, many more will now take the time and space to reflect on his life and unrivalled legacy. Read more

If Scotland’s future is based on a done deal made behind closed doors away from people and communities, then what’s the point? Read more

One of our policy officers mistakenly wrote down that the Finance Secretary had allocated £32.5m extra funds in his Budget announcement this week to the third sector. It was actually £2.5m, but it really got us all going for a while. What could the sector do with a cash injection... Read more