Scottish election confirms that independence is the key fault line
by Ken Ferguson • Forget all the media froth about the Tory revival. The SNP won the May 5th poll with a whisker short of a majority in a result which saw opinion harden ...
Editorial
Solidarity and internationalism of May Day never more vital
by Ken Ferguson • In world ravaged by war and seemingly chained by all powerful globalised capital, the spirit of international solidarity at the heart of May Day is more ...
Holyrood: independence still key
by Ken Ferguson • With the unedifying shouting match of the first “leaders” TV debate the official Holyrood election campaign got under way. Hosted by a BBC ...
Memory Lane has no answers to Scotland’s current crisis
by Ken Ferguson • They say that nostalgia isn’t what it was but there is certainly plenty of it about in today’s politics. In an uncanny echo of the dirty tricks of ...
Brexit or not, pro-indy left case remains essential
by Ken Ferguson With the super hyped Cameron EU “deal” already fading from memory, the real reason for the supposedly historic EU referendum is growing ever clearer. At ...
Glare of war illuminates Westminster power play
Editorial by Ken Ferguson As the Voice went to press 66 Labour MPs voted with the Tories to send a handful of RAF bombers into action in Syria once again showing that the ...
The fruits of globalisation: a world in flames
by Ken Ferguson The unspeakable horror on the streets of Paris dramatically spotlights the world of chaos resulting from the 30 years plus economic, social and military ...
For people and for planet, Scotland needs real change
Editorial by Ken Ferguson If we are to believe the media pundits, Scottish politics is about to be a battle between a leftward moving Scottish Labour squaring up to take on ...
Water privatised, ferries tendered, fracking test drills roll as SNP govern
by Ken Ferguson The long Teflon-coated SNP administration in Holyrood is facing growing turbulence as it struggles to square its public image as a left wing anti-austerity ...
Neither Sturgeon or Corbyn have the answer
by Ken Ferguson There is an old saying “nothing is new under the sun” and nowhere is this more clearly the case as in the world of politics. With the demands and the ...
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