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What lies beneath: the strange, frozen world of Scottish politics

OPINION 18 February 2021 by Graham Martin

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The national question has created a queasy state of stasis - Graham Martin wonders where civil society will be when things start moving again

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-lies-beneath-the-strange-frozen-world-of-scottish-politics

Here we are then. 2024.

OPINION 1 January 2024 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/here-we-are-then-2024

Never give up – tenacious campaigners can move mountains

OPINION 6 February 2017 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Sue Tibballs is looking forward to speaking to Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall in Glasgow this month about campaigning for justice

https://tfn.scot/opinion/never-give-up-tenacious-campaigners-can-move-mountains

What Scotland's civil society and young people can teach us about building bridges

OPINION 19 May 2025 by Irene Oldfather

Families & Young People

Environment & International

Dr Irene Oldfather on the work of the Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE) to champion youth mobility

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-scotlands-civil-society-and-young-people-can-teach-us-about-building-bridges

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

OPINION 22 October 2020 by Graham Martin

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Social Justice & Poverty

TFN editor Graham Martin says we must not allow Johnson and the UK Tory government to appropriate Build Back Better

https://tfn.scot/opinion/their-vision-of-the-future-and-ours-they-are-not-the-same

Giving young people a voice in Scottish politics

OPINION 3 August 2018 Guest post

Families & Young People

Emily Beever discusses how a new initiative, entitled FMQT Next Generation, aims to help young people participate in high level politics

https://tfn.scot/opinion/giving-young-people-a-voice-in-scottish-politics

We marched to demand action and a fairer society

OPINION 27 October 2025 by Derek Mitchell

Families & Young People

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"The fact that the campaign emerged from Scotland’s charity sector is significant, because we see the reality of how people are living"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-marched-to-demand-action-and-a-fairer-society

Few Scots make link between food and poverty

NEWS 27 February 2017 by Rab Armour

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Scots urged to find out more about where their food comes from to combat poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/few-scots-make-link-between-food-and-poverty

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

NEWS 21 November 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Groups and MSPs demand changes to welfare system punishing most vulnerable

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-uk-government-ends-cruel-benefits-freeze

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

NEWS 5 October 2018 by Gareth Jones

Social Justice & Poverty

The Scottish Parliament is examining how it considers and protects human rights in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-at-the-heart-of-human-rights-work

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What lies beneath: the strange, frozen world of Scottish politics

Here we are then. 2024.

Never give up – tenacious campaigners can move mountains

What Scotland's civil society and young people can teach us about building bridges

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

Giving young people a voice in Scottish politics

We marched to demand action and a fairer society

Few Scots make link between food and poverty

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

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