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This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 23/09/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-despite-yellowhammer-i-still-think-we-must-leave-eu/   [Accessed: 2019, Sep 24] “The argument that the EU is some kind of economic safety net is a red herring” I finished reading ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ last week; the UK Government’s worst case scenario planning in the event of a no dealContinue reading “Why I Still Believe in Brexit”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 16/09/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-the-children-we-nourish-are-those-who-will-flourish/  [Accessed: 2019, Sep 17] “It is often just one thing that can tip a family out of the boat and place them at the mercy of the storm.” Having reached the middle of September, the true scale of the numbers usingContinue reading “Only Children We Nourish Will Flourish”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 09/09/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-radical-drugs-approach-is-needed-for-dundee-city-of-recovery/   [Accessed: 2019, Sep 10] “It is not in the interest of pharmaceutical companies to free people from addiction because it would threaten their livelihoods.” What makes a 27 year old woman take heroin for the first time? For Sharon Brand, likeContinue reading “Financial Interests Drive Problems with Addiction”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 02/09/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-indy-support-reaction-to-westminster-governance/  [Accessed: 2019, Sep 03] “Polls in Scotland, for the first time since the week before the Scottish referendum in 2014, are showing a majority support for independence.” The tectonic plates of the political landscape are shifting. Over the last month, waveContinue reading “Great Britain is in Great Peril”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 26/08/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-the-tories-pension-plans-would-see-dundee-men-worked-to-death/  [Accessed: 2019, Aug 27] “Do you want to see 75 year old bricklayers, bus drivers, police officers or firefighters?” I always grew up believing that the one demographic the Conservative Party would always insulate against the high winds of hardship wouldContinue reading “Worked to Death for Your Pension”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 12/08/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-councillor-says-it-is-isolating-being-scotlands-only-transgender-councillor/  [Accessed: 2019, Aug 13] “Being the first of anything is never easy” says Councillor Murray, “it is isolating and, in the last year, there have been some real low points.” On Monday 12 August, Gregor Murray will walk into a DundeeContinue reading “Life as Scotland’s Only Transgender Councillor”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 05/08/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/ewan-gurr-voters-on-lower-incomes-could-hold-the-balance-of-power-in-elections/  [Accessed: 2019, Aug 6] “Voters on low incomes are turning out in greater numbers and could hold the balance of power in future elections.” There is an emerging constituency of men and women residing on restricted incomes who are becoming increasinglyContinue reading “People Experiencing Poverty Hold Political Power”

This article appeared in the print edition of the Evening Telegraph: 29/07/2019 [Online], Available: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/no-deal-brexit-remains-the-most-likely-outcome/   [Accessed: 2019, Jul 30] “We have a newly-appointed Prime Minister who has made delivering Brexit one of the hinges upon which his leadership credentials will hang.” Dundee City Council is one of a number of local authorities in Scotland to haveContinue reading “Dundee Council Preparations for No Deal”