Holyrood Magazine issue 391 / 6 November 2017
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Interview with Scottish Labour leadership candidate, Richard Leonard; Special section on science and innovation including Q&As with six women leading in the field of STEM, and original comment by science minister Shirley-Anne Somerville and Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation; also a focus on Paisley’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021.
3 Editor’s note
Politics is the art of persuasion and what can be put to good use on the doorstep can easily turn ugly
6 Roundup
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
7 Talking Point
Brexit talks are stagnating and the consequences are beginning to show
9 Digital Highlights
The best of Twitter and Holyrood’s online content
10 Political Spotlight
The focus on sexual harassment has moved from Hollywood to Holyrood
12 Political interview: Richard Leonard
In the second of our Labour leadership interviews, Richard Leonard talks ethical socialism and sometimes being off message
17 Feature: Culture
How Paisley learned the power of cultural confidence
21 Feature: Science and Innovation
How well prepared is Scotland to meet the R&D challenges of the future?
25 Comment: Shirley-Anne Somerville
The science minister talks through the Scottish Government’s STEM strategy
26 Comment: Carlos Moedas
European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
28 Q&As: Women in Science
Some of Scotland’s prominent women scientists on being a role model and sexism in STEM
34 Book Review
Former Labour MP Marie Fyfe on Neil Findlay’s book Socialism & Hope
36 Getting to know you
Ross Greer bounces around some ideas on dead Russians
38 Comment
Laura Beveridge: Home and family is where love is possible, even if care is not
39 Inbox
Slimming, council finances and neverendums
40 Diary
Labour leadership typos, a famous Mhairi Black fan and Trainy McTrainface
41 Politicians & their pets
Lesley Laird introduces her campaigning dog Pip
42 Last Word
Sketch: A fracking debate quickly gets out of hand after MSPs learn of Murdo Fraser’s plans to frack their back gardens