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Editorial When politics trumped economics

12th January 202112th January 20215 days ago Scottish Left Review 210 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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9th November 20209th November 20202 months ago Scottish Left Review 1142 Views Bortis Johnson, COVID-19, Keir Starmer, lockdonw, Tories 3 min read

Living la vida loca lockdown Boris Johnson, for his Tory government, proclaims how ‘incredibly generous’ it is being to those

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2nd July 20202nd July 20207 months ago Scottish Left Review 245 Views COVID19, Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, Labour, Left, Tories 8 min read

Is the left now coming up for air? The left is in one of its classic dilemmas. On the one

Minimum service levels – defend the right to strike

24th March 202024th March 202010 months ago Scottish Left Review 97 Views Mick Cash, RMT, striking, Tories 3 min read

Mick Cash lays out the reasons for the Tories’ new assault on striking and how to beat it In the

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17th January 202017th January 20201 year ago SLR 182 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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Labour’s political prowess – powerful progress in prospect!

16th September 201916th September 20191 year ago SLR 100 Views Jeremy Corbyn Government, Labour, MPs, Nigel Farage, Tories 4 min read

Stephen Low argues Labour’s guns are ready and loaded to shoot Boris and the Tories given the chance A Labour

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Demanding what was promised

12th November 201820th November 20182 years ago SLR 130 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 –

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Brexit, the ruling class and prospects for a left Labour government

12th November 20182 years ago SLR 158 Views Brexit, British capitalism, CBI, Corbyn, EU, Europhobes, Labour governments, right-wing press, Scottish Independence, Thatcher, Tories, UKIP 4 min read

Neil Davidson warns of dangers past, present and future for Corbyn, Labour and socialists For over 200 years after 1688

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Claim of rights repudiated

12th November 201819th November 20182 years ago SLR 149 Views civic Scotland, devo-max, Holyrood election, Keir Hardie, Labour Party Conference, Liberal Democrats, referendum, Richard Leonard MSP, Scotland's Claim of Right, Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Parliament, Scottish Party leader, the Scottish churches, the STUC, Tories, Westminster general election 4 min read

Bob Thomson argues Scottish Labour’s leader has ditched its policy of the Scottish people having the right to decide their

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