My Music Albums of the Year January 2nd 2025 Gerry Hassan   Back by popular demand (from a few folk who like me love their music). Divided into three main sections: new, compilations and box sets, and older issues I have turned to for the first time. And a few minus and positive points about […] The post My Music Albums of the Year appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Get Ready for the Age of Disruption Coming to Scotland! Sunday National, December 29th 2024 Gerry Hassan Politics everywhere across the West is shaped by failure, exhaustion and unpopularity in the mainstream – and increasingly by anger and rage amongst voters. Both Scotland and the UK are no exception. Labour’s election victory with 34% of […] The post Get Ready for the Age of Disruption Coming to Scotland appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Books of the Year: Politics, History, Culture and Ideas Bella Caledonia, December 24 2024  Gerry Hassan   As Christmas approaches and people have bought their presents here is my review of my books of the year. Perfect for all those post-Christmas and New Year presents, book tokens and people who you forgot about and know […] The post Books of the Year: Politics, History, Culture and Ideas appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Labour, the Starmer Project, the Battle for Britain and Our Collective Future Gerry Hassan Sunday National, 24 November 2024  We are nearly five months into this Labour government – elected after 14 years of Tory government mired in scandal, division and failure which the public were desperate to see the back of. Why then does […] The post Labour, the Starmer Project, the Battle for Britain and Our Collective Future appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

How to defeat fascism and the far-right in Britain and elsewhere Gerry Hassan Sunday National, 27 October 2024 Twenty-five years ago, at the height of Blair, Bill Clinton and “The Third Way”, many felt that the future direction and progress of the world was safe and secure. Widespread optimism and belief in globalisation and economic […] The post How to defeat fascism and the far-right in Britain and elsewhere appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Ten Years on from 2014: Making Sense of the Next Ten Years of Scotland Gerry Hassan Sunday National, 29 September 2024 The ten-year anniversary of Scotland’s indyref has come and gone relatively unmarked. For something which shook things up so much it was very quiet and understated, a low-key affair from every political persuasion, media […] The post Ten Years on from 2014: Making Sense of the Next Ten Years of Scotland appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Scotland Ten Years On from the Indyref Gerry Hassan Bella  Caledonia, 18 September 2024 Ten years ago today Scotland voted 55% to 45% to remain in the UK union and against independence. This was a momentous, historic watershed under which we are still living, not yet having come to terms with its consequences and continued […] The post Scotland Ten Years on from the Indyref appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Where stands the SNP and independence? Gerry Hassan Bella Caledonia, 2 September 2024 The SNP conference met in Edinburgh over the past weekend. It was an understated affair compared to the huge gatherings in the years post-2014. The mood was not surprisingly of a diminished party in numbers, appeal and rationale – but at the […] The post Where stands the SNP and independence? appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Project: The Next SNP. Deadline: Post-2026 Election Gerry Hassan Sunday National, 25 August 2024 The SNP meets next weekend in Edinburgh in a state of transition which marks the end of one political era – that of SNP dominance – and the beginning of a new era. The SNP is experiencing a mix of emotions […] The post Project: The Next SNP. Deadline: Post-2026 Election appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more

Are we now witnessing the Strange Death of Nationalist Scotland? Gerry Hassan New Statesman, 29 July 2024 Twelve years ago, I co-wrote The Strange Death of Labour Scotland – a historical account of how Labour’s dominance of Scotland ended. At the first public event held to discuss the book, the land reform campaigner Andy Wightman […] The post Are we witnessing the Strange Death of Nationalist Scotland? appeared first on Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas ..read more