Thomas Heald: Scotland's charity sector has been slowly nationalised - now they are 'contractors'

Thomas Heald: Scotland's charity sector has been slowly nationalised - now they are 'contractors'

Councillor Thomas Heald is a Scottish Conservative councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, Scottish Conservative and Unionist candidate for Dunfermline and political advisor in the Scottish Parliament. At a hustings event last week, I was asked what the biggest threat to democracy in Scotland is today. The usual answers came up: the rise of the far right, public apathy and social media. All these are real concerns. But from my experience in…