Editorial

In a world desperate for change, what is to be done?

September 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Editorial, by Ken Ferguson As we proudly take the 600th edition of the Voice to press we do so against a background of a people and planet crisis inflicting hunger, war, floods, fire and economic ...

Mainstream middle ground politics ignores the urgent realities of people and planet

August 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

Editorial by Ken Ferguson On every hand — Tory, Starmer Labour and the increasingly divided SNP — mainstream politicians share one key characteristic, in that they claim to represent the moderate ...

‘Liar’ Johnson’s government in chaos and confusion

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · You couldn’t make it up when commenting on the current Johnson gang but then, amidst U-turns, blunders and clearly unplanned policies you don’t have to. In just the last few ...

Defend today to win a different tomorrow

February 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · The soothing slogan of last summer of “we’re all in it together” is an increasingly fading memory as the bosses offensive of fire and rehire, pay cuts, inferior conditions ...

As virus rages aggressive bosses’ offensive grows

January 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Despite the combined efforts of a tame mass media and government ministers to harness the stunning success of the Covid vaccines and spin it into a silver bullet the sombre toll of ...

World of spin and illusion thinly veils class oppression

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · As we confront the brutal impact of the out of control Covid crisis with rising death tolls, thousands in hospital and temporary morgues in the secluded woods of Surrey the news of ...

‘Never glad confident morning again’ for bluster-man Boris

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Was it just a short year ago that the master huckster Boris Johnson achieved what was flagged at the time as the quasi-revolutionary prelude to new global free market, union ...

Isolate the profiteers

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · The euphoria that erupted with the Covid vaccine breakthroughs is entirely understandable as people across the planet cross their fingers and sigh with relief. Of course despite ...

Public ownership essential to meet climate and Covid crises

October 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · The total failure of the SNP’s attempt to save fabrication jobs at BiFab while playing by the EU’s market friendly state aid ban can truly be described as a disaster. Hardest ...

Increasingly desperate Covid measures won’t halt looming crisis

October 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Stay at home, work from home, go to work or lose your jobs and eat out on us on the way, oh no get out of the pub, don’t visit your kids or granny. I don’t know about you but ...