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Vladimir McTavish – A Kick Up the Tabloids

17th April 20233rd May 20231 month ago SLR 4 min read

‘At least Liz the Lettuce waited until she had been elected party leader before she pressed the self-destruct button’. I’m currently

A week is a long time in politics, as the old cliche goes. We never know what could be just around

By the time this column goes to press, the UK will have a new Prime Minister. Whoever that person may be,

13th July 202213th July 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

When issued with a fixed penalty by the Metropolitan Police for breaking Covid rules, Boris Johnson said he was not going

Few have made the transition from COP to flop with such outstanding speed as Boris Johnson. He had, in the space

So, it would appear that Boris Johnson may have finally got his moment to be compared to Churchill. As the withdrawal

8th March 20218th March 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

In Britain, it is now a year since the Coronavirus pandemic reached our shores. And to mark the first anniversary of

9th November 20209th November 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

We have now reached the beginning of the last two months of 2020. The world, at least my admittedly fairly unimportant

Normally, writing the September edition of this column would be a flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants affair as I would be having to file my

9th May 20209th May 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

This is, indeed, a strange time that we are living through. At the end of last year, when we all were