Richard Leonard says when the people speak, political parties must listen The election result was grave for Labour. Though we tried to break through the din of Brexit and the issue of a second independence referendum, we failed. And while we tried to be positive and set out what we were for and what a […]
Kenny MacAskill offers suggestions on how to build a united anti-Tory, democratic alliance The elections over and the debacle has come to pass. The country now faces a Tory Government that the Scottish people loathe and fear. Parties need time to grieve and to have their celebrations and it’s inevitable that there’ll be reflections and […]
Grahame Smith says resolving constitutional matters can unlock progress on social and economic issues After such a momentous election result, almost everybody will have an opinion on why it turned out as it did. Was it simply a Brexit election? Was there a Corbyn factor? Was Labour too radical and its spending promises too unconvincing? […]
Michael Keating says choppy waters lie ahead for both defending and defeating the Union Once again, Scotland and England have diverged sharply in their electoral choices. Campaigns in both countries focused on Brexit but in Scotland equal prominence was given to the prospect of a second referendum on independence. In 2014, Scots voted by 55% […]
Mike Cowley reviews ‘Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief’ (Pluto, September 2019) In conducting their research with such forensic rigour, Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Justin Schlosberg, Antony Lerman and David Miller have done Labour, the movement and the anti-fascist struggle a considerable service. Their research asks our media, a minority of […]
We asked a further range of left activists and commentators to provide their assessments of what happened and what we should do now: Chris Stephens MP, Neil Findlay MSP, George Kerevan, Bryan Quinn, Siobhan McCready, Gavin Lundy, Jim Sillars, Stella Rooney, Róisín McLaren, Maggie Chetty, Vince Mills, Morgan Horn, and Myshele Haywood. Chris Stephens, SNP […]
Matthew Goodwin reveals the major trends trajectories to look out for in the run up to 12 December Britain is now set for what will almost certainly be the most consequential general election in its entire post-war history. The fate of Brexit, a second referendum, Boris Johnson’s embryonic premiership and Jeremy Corbyn’s radical Labour project […]
Richard Leonard believes the case for an economic and environmental transformation can be won. This article was written before the announcement of the general election for Thursday 12 December but anticipated that one would be called. There is widespread discontent and it is growing, with school pupils striking and young people, some of whom have […]
Tommy Sheppard believes Scotland will answer the call but is hesitant about calling the result elsewhere. This article was written before the announcement of the general election for Thursday 12 December but anticipated that one would be called. By the time you read this we may be in the middle of a general election campaign […]
Colin Fox surveys the landscape and get prepared to batten down the hatches. This article was written before the announcement of the general election for Thursday 12 December but anticipated that one would be called. I voted to remain in 2016 as ‘The lesser of two evils’ but I’ve changed my mind. Reading Costas Lapavitsas’s […]