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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Voters demand more powers – polls predict Labour meltdown
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson As a Tory, Lord Ashcroft has every interest in undermining Labour’s morale ahead of May’s General Election. Yet his latest poll ...
The door is opening to a Scotland of real change
by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Despite installing supposed street fighter Jim Murphy as leader, the peoples party’s slide continues. As we report ...
Behind Murphy’s tartan paint job, has anything changed?
by John McAllion, ex-Labour MP/MSP, now with the SSP Almost from the moment he was elected Scottish leader, Jim Murphy sought to emulate his political hero Tony Blair. One of ...
Defy all cuts: there is an alternative
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The contrast could not be starker. As the people of Greece give a resounding NO! to austerity, the councillors of Scotland ...
Labour for Independence leader joins Scottish Socialist Party
‘Put socialism back at the forefront of political life’ by Allan Grogan For the last two and a half years I have campaigned within Labour for Independence to win a Yes ...
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