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“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

About Marco Biagi

Marco Biagi is the former SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central and Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment.

Articles by Marco Biagi

This week's editor

Mairi Mackay is openDemocracy’s senior editor.

Digital Liberties

How to fight for digital human rights?

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Constitutional conventions: best practice

What does the EU have to do with hoovering?

Marco Biagi 10 June 2016

On the difficulty of campaigning for something boring but sensible.

"More and better mandarins!": lessons from my adventures as a government minister

Marco Biagi 30 May 2016

Government is weird. And other thoughts after stepping down as Scotland's minister for local government and community empowerment.

Bringing power to the people, through the statute book

Marco Biagi 11 August 2015

Scotland's Community Empowerment Bill aims to help bring the spirit of self-determination unleashed during the referendum into the day-to-day running of neighbourhoods across the country.