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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

15th November 202215th November 20223 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 189 Views

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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,

Vladimir McTavish – A Kick Up The Tabloids

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

Vladimir McTavish – A Kick Up The Tabloids

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

15th July 202115th July 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 684 Views

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

25th May 202125th May 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read 685 Views

As spring arrives and we slowly emerge from the winter lockdown, we appear to have entered some bizarre parallel universe where

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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

Kick UP THE TABLOIDS

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 650 Views

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS Despite starting the year under lockdown, and despite the disaster that is Brexit

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

2nd July 20202nd July 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 668 Views

Twelve weeks into lockdown, and our through-the-looking-glass ‘new normal’ becomes ever more bizarre. While everyone’s lives seem identical from one week

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S ‘A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS’

24th March 202024th March 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read 792 Views

Early March 2020, Australia. We are now in the third month of the year of 2020, and it is fairly safe

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS January 2020

17th January 20203 years ago SLR 4 min read 864 Views

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

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

16th September 20193 years ago SLR 3 min read 827 Views

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

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

15th July 201916th July 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read 736 Views

Seldom in recent memory has there been a bigger disconnect between voters and their elected politicians than the current contest to

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

20th May 201920th May 20194 years ago SLR 3 min read 768 Views

In 1999, many people were sceptical about the effect the new Parliament would have on the everyday life of ordinary people

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

18th March 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read 801 Views

I’m writing this from South Australia, where I’m performing for a month. Despite the country’s close cultural links to Britain, television