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Author: Alastair Osborne

Grassroots Labour Opinion

The state of education

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne says Labour’s internal bickering over state vs private schooling must not distract us from the problems we must seek to address in the state of Scottish education. Our

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Equality is no joke

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne looks at the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on equality and finds that government decisions are helping to ensure that the socio-economic impact of lockdown will be disproportionately

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Leaving the stage

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne looks forward to the upcoming Scottish election and ponders the ability of parties to enable new candidates to come forward, and the willingness or otherwise of incumbents to

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Spot the socialist

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne condemns the pretence that only one faction in the Labour Party are true socialists, and argues that Labour has always been, and continues to be, a broad coalition.

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

The wisdom of the crowd

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne considers the processes behind collective decision-making – like the selection of a new leader which the UK Labour Party is currently debating – and finds parallels in a

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Nominating Judith Hart

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne remembers Judith Hart, a pioneer in international development and the architect of much of the vital, groundbreaking work done by successive British Governments since her time in office.

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Feet of clay

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Alastair Osborne

As the UK Labour leadership election intensifies, Alastair Osborne looks back on political figures he has admired but who have turned out to be deeply flawed, and considers what attributes

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