Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
September in politics usually marks the official end of the ‘silly season’ but that seems to have changed in 2017.
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An American from the German Democratic Republic
– dialogue with Victor Grossman, commentator on German and European politics and occasional writer in Scottish Left Review.
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Editorial comment: Where we are now
The Tories did as much to lose their slim parliamentary majority as Labour did to bring about the General Election Result.
The strong & unstable electorate
Malcolm Harvey surveys the wreckage, identifying the victors and the vanquished.
Warning shot given and received
Chris Stephens recounts his experience of the campaign.
Getting back in the socialist saddle
Lesley Brennan argues that Labour is now on its way back.
Many new flowers beginning to bloom
Clare Haughey sees hope emerging as a phoenix from the bonfire of political certainties.
The Corbyn connection
Lynn Henderson argues Corbyn has seized the zeitgeist and can do more.
Could the left have done better?
Helen Mcfarlane reflects on her near miss to be a left Labour MP on June 8.