Angus Hardie
@angushardie.bsky.social
Retired. Would like Scotland to have more community ownership, some truly radical land reform and local democracy worthy of the name.
If this doesn’t happen, someone really has to come out and explain why.
Scottish communities could get £3m a year if they run wind farms instead of £56k pa from commercial companies who win the leases instead. Which should it be? C'mon Scottish Government. This could be a revolution for rural Scotland. www.thenational.scot/politics/250...
Lesley Riddoch: The Government should be welcoming community wind farm bid
The Cowal Community Energy group – recently rejected by Forestry Land Scotland (FLS) from taking on the lease to run a large-scale wind farm –…
www.thenational.scot
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If this doesn’t happen, someone really has to come out and explain why.
When planning decisions are clearly not in the best interests of the environment, why should we just accept them? A feisty panel has been put together to consider why we shouldn’t. Well worth a listen.
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2025/defendi...
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2025/defendi...
Defending Environmental Justice
Join us for a panel discussion hosted by Planning Democracy and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland How did newts and bats become Public Enemy Number One under the UK’s self professe…
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
When planning decisions are clearly not in the best interests of the environment, why should we just accept them? A feisty panel has been put together to consider why we shouldn’t. Well worth a listen.
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2025/defendi...
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2025/defendi...
This could be a game changer. Many wind farms will be coming up for renegotiation of their land leases. Especially where land is publicly owned, this should become the default position. www.thenational.scot/news/2499344...
Local groups in bid for largest community-owned wind farm in Scotland
Several communities have joined together to bid for a wind farm that would become the largest community-controlled in Scotland ...
www.thenational.scot
March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This could be a game changer. Many wind farms will be coming up for renegotiation of their land leases. Especially where land is publicly owned, this should become the default position. www.thenational.scot/news/2499344...
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Spain’s success should strengthen Labour’s resolve on the Employment Rights Bill.
“Boosting workers’ rights and living standards has been +ve for growth and productivity… and is key to combating the threat from the far right”
“We must give hope to working people”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Boosting workers’ rights and living standards has been +ve for growth and productivity… and is key to combating the threat from the far right”
“We must give hope to working people”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights
Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Spain’s success should strengthen Labour’s resolve on the Employment Rights Bill.
“Boosting workers’ rights and living standards has been +ve for growth and productivity… and is key to combating the threat from the far right”
“We must give hope to working people”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Boosting workers’ rights and living standards has been +ve for growth and productivity… and is key to combating the threat from the far right”
“We must give hope to working people”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If a developer chooses to challenge a planning decision, they are free to do so. If a community wishes to do so, they will incur cripplingly expensive legal costs. Who thinks that is fair and reasonable? This Dundee community could use your support. www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ri...
Save Riverside Park!
We are raising £5,000 to take legal action against Dundee City Council's decision to grant planning permission to a 10,000 sq ft training facility on our beloved greenspace by the river Tay.
www.crowdjustice.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If a developer chooses to challenge a planning decision, they are free to do so. If a community wishes to do so, they will incur cripplingly expensive legal costs. Who thinks that is fair and reasonable? This Dundee community could use your support. www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ri...
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🌍 It would be great to see more Climate Cafes in Edinburgh and the Lothians. If you know of a group that could be supported by @climate.cafe do get in touch with Jess and the team www.climate.cafe/what-is-a-cl...
January 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🌍 It would be great to see more Climate Cafes in Edinburgh and the Lothians. If you know of a group that could be supported by @climate.cafe do get in touch with Jess and the team www.climate.cafe/what-is-a-cl...
Brilliant to see so many Climate Cafes popping up everywhere. Probably the fastest growing community led movement in the country!
Hosted in Parliament this week @TheClimateCafes - such a positive community movement for positive change! Check them out and get involved or set one up yourself! 🌎
January 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Brilliant to see so many Climate Cafes popping up everywhere. Probably the fastest growing community led movement in the country!
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My long-read on the Grangemouth closure from the autumn 👇🏻
There is real local anger about the gaps between just transition rhetoric and action. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
There is real local anger about the gaps between just transition rhetoric and action. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Burned: Grangemouth workers are falling through the gap between rhetoric and action
In this first test of the just transition, both governments are failing
www.holyrood.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My long-read on the Grangemouth closure from the autumn 👇🏻
There is real local anger about the gaps between just transition rhetoric and action. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
There is real local anger about the gaps between just transition rhetoric and action. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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England's Office for Environmental Protection has reviewed the meeting of environmental legal targets
Oceans likely to miss targets due to overfishing & pollution
There are Marine protected areas but damaging actions like bottom trawling have not been stopped
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Oceans likely to miss targets due to overfishing & pollution
There are Marine protected areas but damaging actions like bottom trawling have not been stopped
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
England's Office for Environmental Protection has reviewed the meeting of environmental legal targets
Oceans likely to miss targets due to overfishing & pollution
There are Marine protected areas but damaging actions like bottom trawling have not been stopped
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Oceans likely to miss targets due to overfishing & pollution
There are Marine protected areas but damaging actions like bottom trawling have not been stopped
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why it’s time for the Ulsterisation of Scottish politics
And I don’t mean importing tribal hatred. Quite the reverse. Rather we should copy the mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement that triggers a referendum. That will calm, not inflame, politics in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
And I don’t mean importing tribal hatred. Quite the reverse. Rather we should copy the mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement that triggers a referendum. That will calm, not inflame, politics in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Why it's time for the Ulsterisation of Scottish politics
Unionists shouldn’t have to be forced to listen to the likes of me demanding a referendum every five minutes, and Yes voters shouldn’t be denied…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Why it’s time for the Ulsterisation of Scottish politics
And I don’t mean importing tribal hatred. Quite the reverse. Rather we should copy the mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement that triggers a referendum. That will calm, not inflame, politics in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
And I don’t mean importing tribal hatred. Quite the reverse. Rather we should copy the mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement that triggers a referendum. That will calm, not inflame, politics in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Tackling the housing crisis in the Highlands & Islands: In the afternoon of 24 Jan, we will explore how the Scottish construction industry might be cajoled into building more sustainable and affordable homes, taking account of models such as SSEN and Mowi.
RADICAL HOUSING CONFERENCE SCOTLAND 2025
RADICAL HOUSING CONFERENCE SCOTLAND 2025
January 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tackling the housing crisis in the Highlands & Islands: In the afternoon of 24 Jan, we will explore how the Scottish construction industry might be cajoled into building more sustainable and affordable homes, taking account of models such as SSEN and Mowi.
RADICAL HOUSING CONFERENCE SCOTLAND 2025
RADICAL HOUSING CONFERENCE SCOTLAND 2025
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🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government’s nature agency is to axe a free service for people needing advice on bats in a move critics fear could result in “desperate householders” illegally destroying bat roosts.
Find out more: https://theferret.scot/bats-service-scotland-axed/
Find out more: https://theferret.scot/bats-service-scotland-axed/
January 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government’s nature agency is to axe a free service for people needing advice on bats in a move critics fear could result in “desperate householders” illegally destroying bat roosts.
Find out more: https://theferret.scot/bats-service-scotland-axed/
Find out more: https://theferret.scot/bats-service-scotland-axed/
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In its current form, the Land Reform Bill does not do enough to modernise Scotland’s archaic and dysfunctional land market.
In this report, we outline an ambitious agenda to diversify land ownership, tackle the housing crisis and deliver a just transition.
In this report, we outline an ambitious agenda to diversify land ownership, tackle the housing crisis and deliver a just transition.
Land Reform for a Democratic, Sustainable and Just Scotland
Ahead of the Land Reform Bill, this report sets out a bold agenda for land reform.
www.futureeconomy.scot
December 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM
In its current form, the Land Reform Bill does not do enough to modernise Scotland’s archaic and dysfunctional land market.
In this report, we outline an ambitious agenda to diversify land ownership, tackle the housing crisis and deliver a just transition.
In this report, we outline an ambitious agenda to diversify land ownership, tackle the housing crisis and deliver a just transition.
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Job Opportunity: An ESRC-funded research project with Sheffield University that asks 'are new planning policies to protect biodiversity improving outcomes for biodiversity on the ground?'
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Research Associate in Planning and Biodiversity
Research Associate in Planning and Biodiversity
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
December 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Job Opportunity: An ESRC-funded research project with Sheffield University that asks 'are new planning policies to protect biodiversity improving outcomes for biodiversity on the ground?'
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... Excellent piece from @joycemcm.bsky.social Making the case for the restoration of genuine local democracy
Why Scotland needs a grassroots revolution in its towns and villages to defend democracy
All across Scotland, there are fine municipal buildings that were once home to small, local councils
www.scotsman.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... Excellent piece from @joycemcm.bsky.social Making the case for the restoration of genuine local democracy
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Important call from @localpeoplelead.bsky.social, reporting on the recent Revive Coalition conference, to "build a movement on such a scale that the momentum for change becomes unstoppable" on Land Reform in Scotland us2.campaign-archive.com?e=ef81948bc4...
Reviving Land Reform
us2.campaign-archive.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Important call from @localpeoplelead.bsky.social, reporting on the recent Revive Coalition conference, to "build a movement on such a scale that the momentum for change becomes unstoppable" on Land Reform in Scotland us2.campaign-archive.com?e=ef81948bc4...
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Why are Icelanders so calm about their constantly erupting volcanic home? Well public o'ship of geothermal energy means £60-100pcm for heat, hot water, electricity & some islanders even improved their harbour by diverting lava.
New podcast; Iceland, Fire Island. nordichorizons.org/podcast-icel...
New podcast; Iceland, Fire Island. nordichorizons.org/podcast-icel...
December 14, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Why are Icelanders so calm about their constantly erupting volcanic home? Well public o'ship of geothermal energy means £60-100pcm for heat, hot water, electricity & some islanders even improved their harbour by diverting lava.
New podcast; Iceland, Fire Island. nordichorizons.org/podcast-icel...
New podcast; Iceland, Fire Island. nordichorizons.org/podcast-icel...
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