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Latest Opinion
 
Deborah Long says environmental activists are looking beyond the referendum to the much bigger issue facing humanity: climate change

 
TFN reporter Paul Cardwell was one of 15,000 Clydesiders at the Commonwealth Games. He says the legacy of the games involves more than bricks and mortar

 
Until inequality is tackled, participation in elections won't increase

 
Having dementia may mean you worry about voting, but Amy Dalrymple explains how people with dementia can be supported to have their say

 
Ruth Campbell from Comas believes the referendum is engaging the most vulnerable in our society for the first time ever

 
Alan Ferguson argues that housing must be a priority of the future Scottish Government regardless of the outcome of the referendum

 
We are in danger of missing out young carers in voter registration drives, says Paul Traynor from Carers Trust Scotland

 
Bill Scott explains why disabled people will be some of the missing million who don't turn up to polling stations in September for the independence referendum

 
Peter Scott is calling on both sides of the referendum to better engage with people with learning disabilities to help them use their vote well

 
Willie Sullivan says people chose not to vote not because they think life is fine but because they lack faith in the power of the ballot box