Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
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The health crisis in Scotland’s heartland
In Lanarkshire and beyond, we find ourselves in the midst of a public health emergency of the government’s creation, while hardworking NHS staff are stuck between a rock and a hard place, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
DIANE ABBOTT debunks claims made politicians drumming up support for an enhanced militarisation of the British economy
The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Esmond Romilly horrified Britain’s Establishment by turning from privileged schoolboy to anti-fascist fighter, writes MAT COWARD
ONGOING and sustained attacks against the National Health Service are nothing new. Cuts, closures, long waits and poor services have become the daily reality for workers in Lanarkshire and across Scotland and the UK.
The devolution of health to the Scottish Parliament should in theory allow for us to better organise resources and attend to the needs of every Scottish health board with the interest of communities at their heart, as well as protect NHS Scotland from harsh Tory cuts and privatisation — as the idiom goes, “at least its not as bad as down south.”
In reality the opposite has been seen. The SNP continues to push forward with a failed policy of the centralisation of services, depriving both working-class and rural Highland communities of much-needed services. Be it GPs, radiography or cancer services, workers have been left with a postcode lottery of health services.
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