Skip to main content
Richard Leonard
NOT THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT: Some well-heeled types make thei
Voices of Scotland / 3 December 2024
3 December 2024
The super-rich falsely claim inheritance tax changes will devastate small farmers, while millionaire landowners continue enjoying numerous tax advantages — why is the SNP supporting this nonsense, asks RICHARD LEONARD
10/18 of SNP rosettes on show during day three of the SNP au
Voices of Scotland / 7 May 2024
7 May 2024
The 500 refinery jobs under threat at Grangemouth and underfunding in further education should be at the top of a new Scottish leader’s to-do list, argues RICHARD LEONARD MSP
Mick McGahey
Features / 30 January 2024
30 January 2024
RICHARD LEONARD MSP looks at the life and ideals of the famous miners' leader and all-round champion of working-class politics
kids
Voices of Scotland / 25 September 2023
25 September 2023
The abolition of lay panels to decide on child hearings and the ‘lawyer-isation’ of the service will not serve vulnerable youngsters' interests, warns RICHARD LEONARD
the first new nuclear reactor for a British power station fo
Voices of Scotland / 20 March 2023
20 March 2023
With Jeremy Hunt’s latest Budget dusting off ideas about using nuclear energy to meet our environmental commitments, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that atomic ‘solutions’ aren’t all they’re cracked up to be
BACKING WORKERS: Richard Leonard addresses an RMT demo again
VOICES OF SCOTLAND / 5 September 2022
5 September 2022
Scottish Labour refuses to accept we cannot tackle the cost-of-living crisis — the Scottish Parliament has the powers needed now, but we must build a mass movement to force its hand, writes RICHARD LEONARD MSP
an injured miner is helped away after a scuffle at the same
Voices of Scotland / 28 February 2022
28 February 2022
The Miners Strike Pardons Bill coming before the Scottish Parliament is a golden opportunity to address injustices committed against working people – but it does not go nearly far enough, says RICHARD LEONARD MSP
Scotland work
VOICES OF SCOTLAND / 20 September 2021
20 September 2021
We need to create a proper industrial strategy by making – and winning – the argument that society needs a transfer from those who own the wealth to those who create it, writes RICHARD LEONARD MSP
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard speaks to NHS workers
Scottish Trades Union Congress 2020 / 16 November 2020
16 November 2020
The values of our movement – of solidarity and co-operation – can prevail, says Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD
Richard Leonard passionate
Voices Of Scotland: / 13 July 2020
13 July 2020
RICHARD LEONARD, Scottish Labour leader, explains why it has become necessary to campaign for new and secure forms of employment as the SNP does little to fend off the Tory assault
Covid testing sign
Features / 29 May 2020
29 May 2020
The people of Scotland rely on their Parliament to make the right choices in this time of national crisis, not block assistance to the vulnerable, writes RICHARD LEONARD
Richard Leonard
Features / 6 May 2020
6 May 2020
A year from now Scotland heads to the polls to decide the future of the country. Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD gives his view on the choices that lie ahead