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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

15th July 202115th July 20213 months ago Scottish Left Review 250 Views Boris Johnson, comedy, Matt Hancock, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

The problem with having to file copy over a week in advance of publication day means that sometimes what I

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Editorial: From clap to slap

7th September 20207th September 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 1069 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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Issue 116 Editorial

24th March 202024th March 20202 years ago SLR 567 Views Boris Johnson, Issue 116, trade unions Scotland 4 min read

Working out where we go from here The outcome of the general election last year means Scotland enters yet another

Kick up the Tabloids

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS January 2020

17th January 20202 years ago SLR 427 Views Boris Johnson, Happy New Year, Kick up the Tabloids, Vladimir McTavish 4 min read

As the bells rang in the New Year and 2019 drew to a close, many on the left were still

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Brexit election tracker – at long last, the election is on!

15th November 20192 years ago SLR 469 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, election, Farage's Brexit Party, Jeremy Corbyn 8 min read

Matthew Goodwin reveals the major trends trajectories to look out for in the run up to 12 December Britain is

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Time for transformation is now – we must fix our broken constitution

15th November 201915th November 20192 years ago SLR 357 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, massacre, Peterloo, politicised working class, Westminster political system is in crisis 4 min read

Lynn Henderson says that out of crisis comes opportunity 200 years on from Peterloo. This article was written before the

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Brexit and the rise of the ‘Del boy’ ruling class

16th September 201916th September 20192 years ago SLR 412 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, British capitalism, Conservative Party, Labour, ruling class, SNP 9 min read

George Kerevan says the British ruling class is experiencing an extended crisis best epitomised by Brexit When Boris Johnson’s political

Kick up the Tabloids

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

16th September 20192 years ago SLR 395 Views ‘No deal’, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Vladimir McTavish, volatile times 3 min read

We live in such volatile times that it is distinctly possible that every word of this column will be either

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Tories in tatters results in rise of right?

14th January 20193 years ago SLR 428 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, Dominic Raab, ethno-nationalism, EU, European Research Group (ERG), Europhobia, Iain Duncan Smith, Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Gove, Prime Minister, Sajid Javid, Tory right 4 min read

Sean Duffy argues that the beneficiaries of May’s meltdown are like to be Rees Mogg and his cohorts The Conservative

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Demanding what was promised

12th November 201820th November 20183 years ago SLR 463 Views ASLEF, Boris Johnson, Brexit means Brexit, David Davis, EU, European Commission’s Fourth Railway Package, Liam Fox, railways, Royal Mail, Tories, TTIP 6 min read

Mick Whelan lays out why his union supported Brexit and what it expects from the negotiations ASLEF backed Brexit –

Kick up the Tabloids

A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS 

12th November 20183 years ago SLR 704 Views ‘no-deal’ Brexit, Andrea Leadsom, Arlene Foster, Boris Johnson, Brexiteers, EU, Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Gove, NHS, Northern Ireland, People’s Vote on Brexit, World War II 4 min read

Vladimir McTavish’s  A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS  There has been no lack of hyperbole in the media over the past

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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

Editorial: From clap to slap

Issue 116 Editorial

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS January 2020

Brexit election tracker – at long last, the election is on!

Time for transformation is now – we must fix our broken constitution

Brexit and the rise of the ‘Del boy’ ruling class

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

Editorial – Bastards of Brexit and the ‘national interest’

Tories in tatters results in rise of right?

Demanding what was promised

A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS