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20 years after devolution, there is much unfinished business
In contrast to the conciliatory platitudes offered by other party leaders, RICHARD LEONARD made a distinctly political speech as Holyrood hosted the Queen for its 20th anniversary celebrations
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Following the historic ban on companies profiting from children’s care, Unison Cymru calls for transparency in implementing the changes and extending the reform to create a truly national, profit-free care service, says MARK TURNER
The left must confront both far-right bigotry and the undeniable problems the exploitation of migrant workers by the ruling class creates — but there are few lessons from the global left on how to strike this balance, laments NICK WRIGHT
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Born from my communist social worker mother’s efforts to bridge healthcare gaps, Labour’s push for home-based care now risks becoming another avenue for the US corporate takeover of the NHS, writes RICHARD CLARKE
I STAND proudly as the leader of the party which in government delivered devolution. I stand proudly as the leader of the party which in opposition defends devolution.
Because it is an unassailable truth that each generation has to win the same battles over again. I stand proudly, but with great humility. Today is a time for reflection, and to think of those we have lost. I think especially this morning of Donald Dewar, who at the opening of this parliament 20 years ago said: “Today there is a new voice in the land, the voice of a democratic parliament. A voice to shape Scotland, a voice for the future.”
And he would be the first to say that we have much unfinished business. We began to reform the ownership of our land, [as Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon wrote in the early 20th century]: “The land out there, under the sleet, churned and pelted there in the dark.”
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