Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP

A COUPLE of months into the pandemic there appeared to be a whole new mood transferring from the people to Parliament.
I tried to capture it in a speech to the Holyrood chamber in May 2020 where I spoke of a “popular mood for change.”
It was a strong conviction that there could be no going back to the way things were. No return to homelessness and rough sleeping and no return to the unequal society and the imbalanced economy.

As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership


