Alex Salmond’s remark to Iain Dale that Scots ‘didn’t mind the economic side’ of Thatcherism, created a storm of hypocrisy and exposed a fundamental truth about Scottish politics, argues Gerry Hassan. Mainstream politicians are as united in tacitly accepting Thatcher’s legacy as in publicly abominating her policies.

Published in Soundings and exclusively available online at ukwatch.net, Gerry Hassan discusses the contemporary city, both in fact and discourse, and argues that we need a different model of a city than what is currently on offer. Some elements of an alternative that renews an idealistic, optimistic and forwardlooking idea of humanity and the future, can be found in the innovative Glasgow 2020 project.