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Editorial:The fight for a Scotland we want.

8th March 20218th March 20212 months ago Scottish Left Review 702 Views Editorial, Holyrood election, Scottish Labour, SNP, STUC 4 min read

This issue is our traditional STUC congress themed issue. In it, and in addition to hearing from the STUC itself,

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For investment and education-led recovery and restitution

8th March 20218th March 20212 months ago Scottish Left Review 492 Views chools, colleges, EIS, Scottish Education 3 min read

Larry Flanagan does not pull his punches in laying out what the EIS demands of the Scottish Government. Scottish education,

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A Poem

8th March 20218th March 20212 months ago Scottish Left Review 92 Views ‘Visionaries’ by David McKinstry, Churchill, rebuild, welfare state 0 min read

‘Visionaries’ by David McKinstry, Glasgow As winter turned to spring And Churchill’s bombast stilled, The nation turned to quiet Clem

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Editorial When politics trumped economics

12th January 202112th January 20214 months ago Scottish Left Review 968 Views Brexit, COVID-19, Editor, Holyrood, Labour, SNP, Tories 5 min read

As we begin 2021, 2020 should be remembered as the year in which politics trumped economics twice – on Brexit

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Towards a set of principles for a National Care Service

12th January 202112th January 20214 months ago Scottish Left Review 768 Views Human Rights, National Care Service, Nick Kempe, reform of care in Scotland 9 min read

Nick Kempe outlines the key principles and values that must underpin the reform of care in Scotland. The Scottish Government’s

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9th November 20209th November 20206 months ago Scottish Left Review 1373 Views Bortis Johnson, COVID-19, Keir Starmer, lockdonw, Tories 3 min read

Living la vida loca lockdown Boris Johnson, for his Tory government, proclaims how ‘incredibly generous’ it is being to those

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Editorial: From clap to slap

7th September 20207th September 20208 months ago Scottish Left Review 919 Views Boris Johnson, Chancellor, COVID-19. NHS, Rishi Sunak 5 min read

So, Boris’s near death experience this spring did not bring about any noticeable change of heart in his politics. Those

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2nd July 20202nd July 202010 months ago Scottish Left Review 400 Views COVID19, Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, Labour, Left, Tories 8 min read

Is the left now coming up for air? The left is in one of its classic dilemmas. On the one

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Scottish education in the Covid pandemic: to be forewarned is to be forearmed

2nd July 20202nd July 202010 months ago Scottish Left Review 181 Views Bill Ramsay, children's rights, EIS, reade union rights, return to school, Scottish Education 4 min read

With so much still unknown, Bill Ramsay says the rush to return to school is ill-advised and dangerous When considering

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Crisis in the councils … mental health challenges … key workers still key? … freedom of information

2nd July 20202nd July 202010 months ago Scottish Left Review 212 Views Councils, FoI, shop workers 9 min read

Comment: Four Separate Issues Arising from COVID-19 Response Councils in Scotland have been at the forefront in dealing with COVID-19

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Issue 117

9th May 20209th May 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 298 Views Coronavirus 7 min read

Editorial: ‘Strange times, indeed. But maybe not that strange’. As Shakespeare’s dark and dystopian verse seems to be commonly quoted

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17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 385 Views Brexit, General Election, LibDems, Scottish Labour, SNP victory, Tories 9 min read

Regroup and resist – but how? Well, the polls were stunningly accurate so we well and truly had our ‘Friday

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Responses to #GE2019

17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 273 Views Communist, Labour, Scottish Socialist Party, SNP Green 33 min read

We asked a further range of left activists and commentators to provide their assessments of what happened and what we

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Feedback to the Editor

17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 242 Views analysis, Editor, Feedback, General Election 2019 0 min read

General election 2019 analysis We would welcome any responses to the analysis contained in this issue – what’s right, what’s

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15th November 20191 year ago SLR 273 Views Boris Johnston, Corbyn, General Election, Labour, SNP 7 min read

All articles in this issue bar the editorial and the Brexit election tracker were written before the decision of parliament

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16th September 201919th September 20192 years ago SLR 314 Views Boris Johnston, Brexit, Democracy, parliament, prorogation, Westminster 6 min read

Like many others, Scottish Left Review is outraged at the attack on democracy represented by prorogation and condemns this extended

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Editorial – 20th Anniversary Reflections on the Scottish Parliament

20th May 20192 years ago SLR 271 Views 20th Anniversary, Greens, Labour Conservative, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Parliament, SNP, Socialists 8 min read

The theme of this issue of Scottish Left Review is an examination of the intentions, processes and outcomes of the

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18th March 20192 years ago SLR 279 Views Editorial, Maggie Chapman, Save Leith Walk campaign, STUC Congress, Tommy Sheppard MP 3 min read

The March/April issue of Scottish Left Review is our traditional STUC congress edition. In it, we ask a variety of

Just Transition

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Editorial – Bastards of Brexit and the ‘national interest’

14th January 201915th January 20192 years ago SLR 321 Views almighty mess in British politics over Brexit, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brexiteers, chaos, crisis, DUP, Editorial, European Research Group, Jacob Rees Mogg, John Crace, Just Transition, Labour Party, Tory Party 10 min read

Happy New Year to all our subscribers, readers and supporters. And, with the pleasantries now done, let’s get back to

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Brexit breakdown beckons

12th November 201829th November 20183 years ago SLR 238 Views Brexit 9 min read

Editorial This was an issue of Scottish Left Review we could not put off any longer. Since the referendum in

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