As assaults on transport staff rise and the Scottish Parliament heads for dissolution, promised legislation to protect rail workers has yet to materialise, says ANN HENDERSON

The city has some of the most expensive, fragmented and unreliable buses in Britain – the case for bringing buses back into public ownership has never been stronger, says GRACE STEVENS

England rise, France gamble and Ireland search for stability in the wide-open title race which begins on Thursday, writes FOSTER NIUMATA

MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used

From the radical promise of early land reform to today’s cautious Community Wealth Building Bill, Scotland’s Parliament has lost sight of its founding ambition to shift power and ownership, writes RICHARD LEONARD MSP

It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR

As Holyrood sets the Budget, the gulf between rich and poor is wider than ever. PETER OLECH of Unite Community Scotland argues that only by taxing extreme wealth can we properly fund public services and deliver justice for working-class communities

STEPHEN LOW looks at the SNP plans for public services

From childhood summers in a post-industrial village to midnight picket lines in Glasgow, the promise of ‘social mobility’ rings hollow for MATT KERR

Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking

Association of Tartan Army Clubs slams Fifa's ‘disgraceful and disgusting’ dynamic pricing policy

Trade union leaderships have so far stopped short of the bold industrial action over Gaza seen in Italy and Greece. NATHAN HENNEBRY calls for a re-radicalising of the union movement and rebuilding class power as vital to turning solidarity into action

Fuelled by economic abandonment and a collapsing faith in politics, Farage’s party is transforming grievance into momentum north of the border, warns COLL McCAIL

Amid the festive lights, Scotland faces a stark holiday truth: only real investment in public services and the workers who sustain them can lift communities out of poverty, argues LILIAN MACER

ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally

Tierney and McLean’s stoppage time strikes topple Denmark in Hampden classic