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At Holyrood and Westminster, crisis is the new normal

September 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

by Ken Ferguson • As autumn draws on, crisis is the new normal across UK and Scottish politics. Scottish Labour faces a fresh leadership crisis, Scotland’s Tories face scandals over trolling and ...

Corbyn, confusion, socialism and indy

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • The recent general election which reduced the Tories to a minority government and put UK Labour some 50 seats behind them has caused shock waves across politics not least in the ...

Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • The mantra of the caring, sharing Tory party is “We will protect the most vulnerable.” It was banged out during the last general election campaign at regular intervals. ...

Two worlds collide as indy battle opening shots fired

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • As the tension mounts on indy and Brexit chaos burgeons, the Sunday Telegraph reports from terrorist threatened Paris of the doings of our royals: “The Duchess chose a Chanel ...

Politics of fear can be beaten

March 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Seldom has radical socialist change been more urgently needed but apparently more difficult to achieve than today. In Scotland, tens of thousands exist on poverty pay, languish in ...