Editorial When politics trumped economics

Editorial When politics trumped economics

12th January 202112th January 20216 days ago Scottish Left Review 242 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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Britain after Brexit: footloose and fancy free for capricious capitalism

12th January 202112th January 20216 days ago Scottish Left Review 31 Views Brexit, COVID, EU state aid, Internal Markets Act, Radical Options for Scotland and Europe, ROSE, Social Chapter, trade deal, Vince Mills 4 min read

Vince Mills assesses the Brexit deal and warns of imminent dangers. After what seemed like interminable debate and disagreement, on

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17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 186 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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Battered, bloodied and bruised: down but not out

17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 190 Views Brexit, Labour, Richard Leonard, Scottish Labour, second independence referendum, working people 4 min read

Richard Leonard says when the people speak, political parties must listen The election result was grave for Labour. Though we

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Independence, yes, but for whom and from what?

17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 188 Views automation of work, Brexit, climate emergency, Corbyn, Grahame Smith, Labour, Labour’s English heartlands, publicly-owned and run railway, state-owned energy company, STUC, TUC 4 min read

Grahame Smith says resolving constitutional matters can unlock progress on social and economic issues After such a momentous election result,

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

15th November 20191 year ago SLR 179 Views Boris Johnson, Brexit, election, Farage's Brexit Party, Jeremy Corbyn 7 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 to stuff the Tory turkey

15th November 201915th November 20191 year ago SLR 119 Views Brexit, British ruling class, General Election, SNP 4 min read

Tommy Sheppard believes Scotland will answer the call but is hesitant about calling the result elsewhere. This article was written

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Daunting challenges posed by global capitalism

15th November 201915th November 20191 year ago SLR 108 Views 2016 referendum, Antonio Gramsci, Brexit, Left, Tory Government 4 min read

Colin Fox surveys the landscape and get prepared to batten down the hatches. This article was written before the announcement

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

15th November 201915th November 20191 year ago SLR 126 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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16th September 201919th September 20191 year ago SLR 147 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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Brexit and the rise of the ‘Del boy’ ruling class

16th September 201916th September 20191 year ago SLR 127 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

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The revolution of radical reactionaries?

16th September 20191 year ago SLR 115 Views Brexit, Brexit Party, cabinet, Conservatives, crime, immigration 5 min read

Peter Lynch dissects the new cabinet of BoJo after the night of the long knives It’s hard to know where

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Independence via Brexit break up?

16th September 20191 year ago SLR 104 Views Brexit, Capitalism, Independence, political terrain, SNP 4 min read

Chris Stephens surveys the shifting political terrain the coming period Making predictions on what is going to happen in our

Kick up the Tabloids

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

16th September 20191 year ago SLR 134 Views ‘No deal’, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Vladimir McTavish, volatile times 4 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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Dark, dismal days for democracy

15th July 201919th June 20202 years ago SLR 138 Views Brexit, Democracy, Scotland, UK 3 min read

The politics of Scotland and Britain are about to enter dark days for democracy. A white, ageing and disproportionately male

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Benefitting from the Brexit benefit of broken Britain

15th July 20192 years ago SLR 127 Views Brexit, Broken Britain, elections, referendum 11 min read

Tommy Sheppard argues only an independent Scotland can be the crucible for citizens’ control Democracy means the right to change

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Music across borders and through barriers – songs and stories from the Musicians’ Union

18th March 20192 years ago SLR 114 Views Brexit, MU, music tuition, musicians, Musicians' Union, schools 4 min read

Caroline Sewell explains the band didn’t just play on but reached out to new members with new messages The past

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Editorial – Bastards of Brexit and the ‘national interest’

14th January 201915th January 20192 years ago SLR 172 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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Why and how the SNP must stop being ‘the party of oil’

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 197 Views Brexit, climate change, community engagement, Ekklesia, fossil fuel, global warming, green transition, Just Transition, off-shore renewable energy, scientific know-how, Scotland's oil, Scottish Greens, SNP 3 min read

Simon Barrow argues the SNP must more fully commit to the Just Transition Climate change is the all-embracing challenge of

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Universal Credit – universal cruelty for the poor and vulnerable

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 128 Views Amber Rudd, austerity, Brexit, Child Poverty Action Group, children, claimants, cuts agenda, DWP, families, Glasgow South West, housing, job centres, physical and mental health, poverty, universal credit, welfare policy, welfare reform, women's aid, zero hour contract 4 min read

Chris Stephens says the real scandal of this Tory government is its welfare policy not Brexit It’s all too easy

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Tories in tatters results in rise of right?

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 137 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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Labour’s Scottish problem

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 142 Views Brexit, Corbyn, EU Withdrawal Bill, Independence, Labour, meaningful vote, neo-racist fringe, polls, Richard Leonard, Scottish Labour, Scottish Socialist Party, SNP, Theresa May, Tory Party, vote of No Confidence 4 min read

Róisín McLaren argues Scottish Labour’s star cannot rise until it changes course on independence A YouGov opinion poll published on

Kick up the Tabloids

Vladimir McTavish’s  A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS 

14th January 20192 years ago SLR 114 Views Brexit, Duke of Edinburgh, Europe, Jose Mourinho, Neil Lennon, PMQs, Theresa May 3 min read

Happy New Year. The start of January is always a relief to me, as it signals that the sheer living

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Brexit breakdown beckons

12th November 201829th November 20182 years ago SLR 127 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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