Another Scotland is necessary
by Sandra Webster • Time travel back to the Smith Commission. After the campaign for independence, Scotland was promised more devolved powers. When Maggie Chapman talked about “collaborating,” ...
Smith Commission
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 ...
Benefit cuts link to deaths
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson All deaths impact on the family and friends of the person who has died. Especially so when it is by someone’s own hand. Frequently, suicide is ...
Holyrood 2016 needs mandate for second indyref
by Jim Sillars To know why the Scottish Parliament, after the 2016 election, must command a majority for a second independence mandate, look not only at the present but at the 2020 Westminster ...
Labour’s hegemony in Scotland is over
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson With the General Election two months away, the polls predict a hung Parliament at Westminster and Labour being routed in Scotland. David Cameron is ...
What difference will replacing ATOS make?
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson In October of last year, ATOS—much loved by campaigners against the work capability assessments—announced they would be exiting their contract with ...
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 of 16 Scottish ...
Personal independence payments: the attacks continue relentlessly
by Sandra Webster, SSP co-spokesperson It is time for the ConDems to put aside peace and goodwill to all men and continue with their dismantling of the Welfare State. The DWP have announced the new ...
2014: the year that the British mask slipped
by Ken Ferguson, Scottish Socialist Voice editor This will be the last Voice of this historic year and inevitably Voice readers will want to reflect on it. Top of all of course is the indyref, ...
Land reform: ‘If the Lairds are looking worried – good!’
Highlands MSP John Finnie takes a look at the latest land reform proposals There I was, tweeting information a newspaper had obtained under Freedom of Information about the EU’s Common Agricultural ...
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