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Economic and social realities at heart of referendum debate

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperon No other country in the world is so exercised by such an imminent and far-reaching political decision as Scotland today. Politics has been ...

‘Cybernats’: the ongoing media furore

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Lynda Williamson, Newsnet Scotland There is a radiator salesman from Hadleigh in Suffolk named Phil Neville. Mr Neville recently received a torrent of abuse on social media – some comments ...

Ructions after the referendum: workers, Labour and Scottish independence

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, Scottish Socialist Party national workplace organiser The Scottish referendum has added substantially to the stresses and strains between Labour and the trade unions. On one side ...

‘The only way to get the Scotland I want is to make a complete break with Westminster’

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ena McLean is a veteran socialist, a warm, lively woman in her seventies who lives in Knightswood, Glasgow. She rejoined the Scottish Socialist Party last year. She was due to speak at a recent SSP ...

SNP and Labour Falkirk spat mirrors national hostility

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Stephanie Pride It says a lot about the state of local politics in Falkirk that one socialist can rudely heckle another during what is ostensibly a debate about ...