Can the left stem the rising tide of Tory barbarism?
by Ken Ferguson It seems that with each passing day, the hard nosed Tory Etonians—running the UK on a minority of votes cast in May—land further blows on the poor, ...
Jim Murphy
Scottish Labour’s main business now is to avoid extinction
John McAllion assesses Scottish Labour’s fall Labour’s cataclysmic electoral defeat has sparked the resignation of its losing leaders north and south of the border, the ...
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 ...
Now defy Tory class war
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Words fail to adequately convey the enormity of the ‘ballot box revolution’ witnessed in the General Election. But an ...
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 more Cameron vilifies the SNP, the more Scots voters flock to the nationalists
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson This General Election appears to be a foregone conclusion. The polls all predict another hung Parliament. And the more David ...
For workers’ action – not pleas to politicians
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The woman serving me a coffee at the STUC Conference spoke volumes in a short chat. After asking where I was from, and me ...
Standing up for Scotland’s working class majority
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser It was Easter Monday. As I drove to work, the car radio announced the next programme, ‘Wake up to Money’. Aye, right, ...
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 ...
Murphy’s lips are moving…
by Ken Ferguson No need for a smart watch to count the ticking countdown to what looks increasingly like Labour’s date with doom on 7 May. Just count the increasingly ...
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