ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
On the degradation of civic vision
While revisiting his old postie haunts of Harhill, MATT KERR is reminded that Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan did build, post-WWII, something that has stood the test of time. Very little else has, if we are honest
Based on his experience of Haringey Council Councillor MARK BLAKE believes only a radical policy rethink will reconnect councils with the alienated constituencies they are supposed to serve
Last week the CPUSA launched a new Rapid Response project aimed at mobilising a popular resistance to policies enacted by the new government. CAMERON HARRISON explains
MAYBE the events of the last fortnight in Scottish politics may seem like they have proven Harold Wilson’s adage that “a week is a long time in politics” true, maybe not.
One thing is for certain, if a week is a long time in politics, 25 years seems like an eternity.
Around a quarter of a century ago, I was finding my feet as a postie in Govan. Like all the newbies before me, I spent the first few months on walks that the old hands avoided; four-storey tenements, the mankiest closes, or regularly deluged with bulk mailings.
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