austerity

Imagine how to fight the slaughter of jobs and wages!

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · “We’re All In This Together” declares the signage in one famous supermarket. Far from it! The household name displaying those posters, ...

Meeting people’s priorities is key to winning indyref 2

December 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Amidst the all enveloping fog of Brexit claim and counter claim, the outline of what lies ahead appears with growing clarity. In the run up to the June Euro poll, the Voice ...

Socialism and independence or Tory barbarism to the far horizon

December 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • It’s official, revealed by none other than Chancellor Hammond, falling wages and service cuts alongside housing shortages, health cuts, insecure work and falling benefits ...

The SNP’s named person initiative: storm in a teacup?

August 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Colin Turbett, author of ‘Doing Radical Social Work’ • If we are going to judge the SNP’s performance in government in Scotland let’s do so on issues that really affect working people ...

Holyrood must axe offensive behaviour at football law

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Liam McLaughlin • With the Holyrood election now over, and the hurt of a bruising night for the left and progressive forces involved with the pro-independence campaign of 2014 starting to ...

2016 presents Scotland’s left with unprecedented challenges

February 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

by John McAllion In July of 1988, the Queen addressed both Houses of Parliament on the occasion of the tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution. Her address, awash with complacency and condescension, ...

Glare of war illuminates Westminster power play

December 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 lessons of recent history ...

Will Women’s Equality Party put gender at the heart of politics?

November 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Jenni Gunn The Women’s Equality Party (WEP), launched late this October, aims to further the goals of gender equality in the UK and intends to stand in next year’s Holyrood elections. Founded ...

Brutality of Tory cuts swells the opposition

November 11, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson As the Voice has been reporting, the cuts are getting worse. The Tories pledged to make £12billion in benefit cuts and voted in with an unexpected ...

Benefit cuts link to deaths

October 2, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson All deaths impact on the family and friends of the person who has died. Especially so when it is by someone’s own hand. Frequently, suicide is ...