As Reform UK threatens to capitalise on public anger, our Establishment politicians simply refuse to acknowledge their role in creating the very alienation that gives succour to Farage, writes CRAIG ANDERSON
Activists from Stand Up To Racism Scotland gather in Glasgow's George Square, in a counter protest to a far-right rally, September 7, 2024
On the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi-fascism, left forces in Italy mobilise against genocide, armament, and the Meloni government, reports ANA VRACAR
After a ruinous run at Tolkien, the streaming platforms are moving on to Narnia — a naff mix of religious allegory, colonial attitudes, and thinly veiled prejudices that is beyond rescuing, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland
Edinburgh can take great pride in an episode of its history where a murderous captain of the city guard was brought to justice by a righteous crowd — and nobody snitched to Westminster in the aftermath, writes MAT COWARD
When privatisation is already so deeply embedded in the NHS, we can’t just blindly argue for ‘more funding’ to solve its problems, explain ESTHER GILES, NICO CSERGO, BRIAN GIBBONS and RATHI GUHADASAN
There are only two things that stand between workers and the musket’s volley today - the ballot and the union, asserts MATT KERR
THE Scottish political Establishment gathered last week to deliver pre-prepared lines to each other about how outrageous it is that the voters are turning away from them and might vote for Reform UK or other right-wing parties without any understanding that they have considerably contributed to the political alienation of many under their tenure.
First Minister John Swinney, the architect of the council tax freeze, the man who delivered over a decade of savage cuts to local government and who appears clueless in the face of a housing crisis, NHS crisis, drugs deaths crisis and social care crisis felt so enraged at this threat to his grip on power that he called this summit to “protect Scotland’s democracy.”
In this heroic endeavour he was joined by the leaders of his former coalition partners the Greens, Scottish Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Alba and a cast of 50 others from across the voluntary, charitable and faith sectors.
