Comment

Ousting a male period dignity officer is no win for gender equality

The hiring and firing of Jason Grant has been a farce, but was his appointment really the outrage is was made out to be?

Associate Feature: Rangers are renewable

Scotland’s developing Renewables sector has opened up an opportunity to apply the skills and experience of an established profession to new and perhaps surprising circumstances.

Kate Shannon: Gender equality still remains a big problem in politics

Once upon a time: A trip to the SNP conference

Soapbox: Avoiding FoI requests could be costly - Kevin Dunion

Lessons from Lubitz - why the blame game should carry a health warning

Dangerous democracy - will the SNP assimilate or change?

Night of the Living Lib Dems: lessons from the conference

Soapbox: JRF report reveals threat to core service delivery - Grahame Smith

The system of territorial funding in the UK is descending into chaos

How could new powers be used to change Scotland?

When it comes to civil liberties, the SNP is an anomaly

Sketch on the Labour Party conference

Dogs don’t lie: do we value our artistic triumphs enough?

O'Neill: 'Universal services deliver unequal outcomes'

Soapbox: The battle for plain packaging - Sheila Duffy

Angela Leitch, chair of SOLACE Scotland, on how difficult times can also present opportunities

Parliamentary sketch: Neigh looking back

Colin Mair, chief executive of Improvement Service, on why councils must keep decision making open and transparent

COSLA president David O'Neill on the challenges facing local government

An outsider's guide to the Tory Party conference

Stewart Stevenson writes to Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind

How Cameron has taken transparency to a whole new level

Jack McConnell: ‘disaster response, resilience and recovery' should be included in UN development goals

Land value tax - a Liberal Democrat activist urges his party to adopt the Greens' policy

Professor Nicola McEwen examines the concepts of 'shared rule' and 'self rule'