Craig is Common Weal's Head of Policy & Research and has been part of their team since 2016. His background is in laser physics but through a strange series of events after the 2014 independence referendum he found himself in the world of politics, econo.

Listen from Mike Russell, the minister handling Brexit on behalf of the Scottish Government. Mike discusses where we are now, where we may be in the future & the UK governments approach to negotiations so far.   Apologies for the audio at points in this .

  Positive Money is a movement to democratise money and banking so that it works for society and not against it. Our current financial system has left us with the highest personal debt in history, unaffordable housing, worsening inequality, high unemploy.

We hear from Andy Anderson on what currency Scotland could use after we become Independent. 

Tommy Sheppard MP, a Board member of the Scottish Independence Convention and leading spokesperson for the movement, has recently been reported in the press to be calling for a delay in an independence referendum until we know the terms of British Exit f.

The fifth in the continuing series of talks on Culture, Politics, and Economic Development, Lesley Riddoch, writer, journalist and broadcaster, and one of the most popular personalities in Scottish media has kindly accepted our invitation to speak at an .