theresa may

The Tories made this Brexit crisis: we refuse to pay for it

January 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Amidst the smoke of the Brexit battle and May’s defeat with the rejection of her EU deal by a stunning 230 votes, the official media endorsed hand wringing about the process is ...

Peoples’ interests remain in austerity’s cross hairs

December 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 ...

Demos are essential but they’re not enough

July 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Temperatures soar to new heights as Glasgow gets hotter than Greece and, as we go to press with this Voice, the heatwave stretches on. Likewise in the world of politics the ...

Turn the tide of the elites

April 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Missiles fly, state sponsored racism is uncovered, Westminster’s McVey backs the rape clause, and overhanging it all, the Empire fantasises of the hard Tory extremists set the ...

Will Westminster’s crisis be Scotland’s opportunity?

February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • With each passing day the multi-sided crisis racking the May government throws up another issue and another bout of speculation about the Prime Minister’s survival. Casting ...

Working class demands hold the key to progress in 2018

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • The hangover that greeted the dawn of 2018 wasn’t just down to too much Prosseco but based on the experiences of the events of the old year and the challenges of the new. The ...

False outrage of elite politicians offers no answers

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • The pitiless outrage which bombed 22 people to death in Manchester and maimed many more ignites an outrage and revulsion which is beyond words and has, rightly, been universally ...

Social care must be a right for all

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Natalie Reid, SSP national co-spokesperson • It’s no secret that social care funding is in crisis, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole. Inevitably, this has led to inequality in social ...

The left must educate, agitate, organise

February 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

by Jenni Gunn • In many years to come, when historians look back at Trump’s (hopefully short) presidency, they will look to the women’s marches in the wake of his inauguration as the beginning ...

Fight back for real change can halt Trump and May

February 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Both Trump and May rode to power on a tide of resentment from millions of working people cast aside by a tiny elite of bankers and speculators who made billions while jobs and ...