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Scottish Labour must take its head out of the sand

9th May 20209th May 202012 months ago Scottish Left Review 354 Views constitutional crisis, Democracy, Labour, Lothians Labour List MSP, Neil Findlay, Scottish Labour 4 min read

Neil Findlay proposes a way forward for Scottish Labour on its constitutional crisis Labour cannot ignore or wish away constitutional

Editorial Comment

Editorial

16th September 201919th September 20192 years ago SLR 303 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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Dark, dismal days for democracy

15th July 201919th June 20202 years ago SLR 268 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

Feature

Democracy is on-going and never finished

15th July 201916th July 20192 years ago SLR 267 Views Democracy, elections, parliament 12 min read

Willie Sullivan, Jess Garland and Michela Palese on how to fix our broken political system Most commentators seem to buy

Feature

Scottish Parliament: essential to Scottish democracy but what kind of democracy?

15th July 201916th July 20192 years ago SLR 268 Views Democracy, parliamentary democracy, Participative, Pluralism, Scottish Parliament 8 min read

Paul Cairney argues the Scottish Parliament is fundamental to Scottish democracy but legitimises pluralist rather than participatory democracy A well-functioning

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Lessons for the West from the East: the Kurdish democratic experiment

15th July 201916th July 20192 years ago SLR 370 Views Democracy, isolation, Kurdish Movement, Kurdistan, Syria, women 10 min read

Back from a women’s delegation to northern Syria in 2018, Sarah Glynn reports on her visit A common defence of

Feature

How managerialism hijacked Holyrood

20th May 20192 years ago SLR 242 Views Democracy, s and people ralling supportes with a megaphone, SSP 4 min read

Colin Fox says promises have been unfulfilled, challenges ducked and the poorest Scots failed On this, the twentieth anniversary of