SSP leader on Tories’ gender bill attack
Commenting on the use of the ’nuclear option’ against the gender recognition act, Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) spokesperson Colin Fox said: “Had I still been an MSP, I would have voted for ...
Nicola Sturgeon
Peoples’ interests remain in austerity’s cross hairs
by Ken Ferguson • How many Tory MPs will rebel? Will May fall? Deal or no deal? As the Voice goes to press, the swirl of speculation among the political classes, media “experts” and policy ...
The shine comes off both Nicola and Corbyn-mania
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson • Jeremy Corbyn was in Scotland last week. He told listeners to Radio Four’s World at One that, “Scottish Socialist Party members should join Labour ...
Meeting people’s priorities is key to winning indyref 2
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 ...
Indyref can’t be Nicola’s Trident
by Ken Ferguson • First Minister Sturgeon’s confirmation—amidst cheers from SNP conference delegates—of a draft Bill on Indyref 2 both ups the ante while buying time on the issue. While ...
Real action is necessary to challenge workplace sexism
by Jenni Gunn • The political, economic and social position of women in Scotland in 2016 looks markedly different from the way in which it looked for my mother’s generation. The political ...
Brexit vote unleashes Hydra-headed crisis opening way to Indyref 2
by Ken Ferguson • Lenin’s famous dictum that “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” might well have been written about the hydra headed crisis ...
Nicola plays a blinder and plays for time
by Voice Reporter • Since the Brexit victory First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has, by common consent, played a blinder in sharp contrast with Tory and Labour disarray. She is also playing for time. ...
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 lessons of recent history ...
Both Corbynmania and Nicolamania in retreat
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson “Amid all the talk about the if, when, how and why of a second referendum, a technicality is being overlooked,” Sunday Herald columnist Ian Bell reminds ...
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