On Brexit and socialist advance
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · With Parliament prorogued for five weeks, the prospect of a General Election has receded temporarily. The Party Conference season is traditionally a time ...
General Election
Mass action central to defeat Tory brutality
by Ken Ferguson First of all, there is no doubt that the election result in Scotland is quite simply historic, sweeping away a Labour dominance which lasted for over half a century. From pretend ...
Disunited kingdom
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The Tories’ General Election victory has revealed a starkly divided ‘Kingdom’. The distribution of the 650 seats in the House of Commons shows they ...
What awaits new SNP MPs – if the polls are correct?
former MP and MSP John McAllion sounds a warning… Labour’s left wing icon Nye Bevan was first elected as a MP in 1929 shortly before the Wall Street crash that led to the last Great ...
SSP 2015 – candidate microblogs
The Scottish Socialist Party is standing in four seats for the 7 May 2015 General Election. Here are our candidates’ latest updates: Paisley and Renfrewshire South – Sandra Webster Only days ...
SSP 2015 – candidate microblogs
The Scottish Socialist Party is standing in four seats for the 7 May 2015 General Election. Here are our candidates’ latest updates: Glasgow South West – Bill Bonnar The Scottish Socialist ...
Soundbite Labour still signed up for austerity
by John McAllion The reception given to the Coalition’s pre-election budget was universally hostile among what remains of left of centre newspapers in Britain. An Observer editorial described it as ...
Can Westminster poll open the way for revitalised Scottish left?
by Jonathon Shafi Much has been made in recent months about the depth of the crisis of the British state. The UK state is used to crisis of course. It has withstood wars, domestic unrest, general ...
Will unionist woes open door to real change?
by Ken Ferguson Nick Clegg makes a desperate bid to rally about to be eclipsed Scottish Lib Dems and makes fantasy world claims about his party defeating the SNP. In the heart of Red Clydeside in ...
‘It’s the economy, stupid’
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson George Osborne’s Budget acclaimed UK economic growth of 2.5 per cent last year, record employment levels and low interest rates. Designed to win the ...
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