I cannot be alone in finding the news very hard to watch at the moment.
The human tragedies in Israel and Gaza are indications of human being’s capacity to impose harm on others that no faith, state or prior action can justify. Scotland does, thankfully, have politicians in office who are showing leadership on this issue, and I am grateful for that.
Third, this situation arises because five industries are dependent upon these low rates of pay. They are the retail, hospitality, manufacturing, health and social work, and administration and support sectors. We pussyfoot around this issue. Hands are wrung. People say they’d like to do something, but then ask how we might pay for it? After that they reluctantly suggest taxes are already too high and so there is nothing that we can do.
Open conflict is easy to spot, shocking, horrific and rightly gives rise to calls for ceasefires from many of Scotland’s political leaders. But right now, right across Scotland people are being abused to enrich others in ways that cause real harm.Westminster shows no appetite to address this issue. Scotland has been innovative - especially in its support for children.
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