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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

15th November 202215th November 20223 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 188 Views

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

13th September 202213th September 20225 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 217 Views

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 20227 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 320 Views

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

10th January 202210th January 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 378 Views

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

8th September 20218th September 20211 year ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 696 Views

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 736 Views

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 20202 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 1283 Views

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

7th September 20207th September 20202 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 710 Views

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 689 Views

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