As CommonSpace begins its week of reflections on the 50^th anniversary of May ‘68, editor Ben Wray argues that even if it is part-myth, the idealism and imagination of that mass revolt can be a timely inspiration for today’s left, too engulfed in cynicism to dare to dream

IN FRANCE, something is stirring, perhaps with only faint echoes of its revolutionary past, but echoes nonetheless.

Ben Wray has been appointed as new editor of CommonSpace. In this introductory article, he introduces his approach to news.

HI, I’m Ben Wray the new editor of CommonSpace. I wanted to introduce myself by saying a bit about my approach to news and to CommonSpace in particular.

CommonSpace is biased. We shouldn’t just be willing to admit this, we should embrace it and define it.

The Scottish Tory leader said that Scotland should build a new generation of towns to address the national housing crisis

RUTH DAVIDSON, the Scottish Conservatives leader, has advocated the building of 25,000 new homes a year, saying Scotland should “look at a series of new generation new towns”.

In a speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research in Edinburgh this morning, Davidson argued that “the last time we had a housing crisis on this scale was in the aftermath of World War Two”.

The Marxist economist expressed agreement with Common Weal policy expert Ben Wray on social media

YANIS VAROUFAKIS, the former Greek minister of finance under the Syriza administration, has reiterated his support for an independent Scottish currency.