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Scotland Explained| David McWilliam

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Scotland Explained
Scotland’s economy, institutions and social contract, explained without tribalism.
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My test is what people and places gain from the support.

Scotland’s energy transition should leave skills, stronger local businesses and a meaningful community voice. The new Scotland Explained article asks what the Green Freeport bargain should deliver.

Read through the link in my bio.
#ScotlandExplained #GreenFreeports #PublicValue #energytransition by @dave.mcwilliam

Saving heritage means caring for the people and organisations that give it a future.
Govanhill Baths shows what sustained community action can achieve. It also asks how much people should have to endure to keep a valued building in use.
Our new joint article explores the campaign, community ownership and what lasting stewardship needs.
Co-written with Laura of How To Love Your Data. Read through the link in my bio.
#ScotlandExplained #GovanhillBaths #CommunityOwnership #Heritage #Glasgow by @dave.mcwilliam

The flowers are visible. The rota, recruitment and organising behind them are less so. In Plean, local people keep community projects going through repeated practical work. My new Scotland Explained essay asks what support helps them sustain it. Read through the link in my bio. Photograph courtesy of Plean’s Voice. #Scotland #scotlandExplained #Plean #Community #stirling by @dave.mcwilliam

The mine may close. The obligation to the people living above it remains.
Sixty Coalsnaughton homes face demolition. Recovery must be measured in the lives residents can rebuild, alongside an investigation that explains what happened.
Read the new Scotland Explained essay through the link in my bio. #ScotlandExplained #Coalsnaughton #Stewardship by @dave.mcwilliam