Issue 93: Scottish Parliament Elections 2016
The tectonic plates of Scottish politics have moved again. But the third part of the tartan trilogy did not end as was expected. This packed issue offers 19 articles and comment plus Vladimir McTavish.
Issue 93
Still on Top
Jun – Jul 2016
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Comment – All change & all stay the same
The Holyrood election was a boring campaign by and large, turnout was down compared to the referendum 85% vs 56%.
Feedback
Feedback on Trident from article in Issue 92 and update on TU response to the EU referendum.
Predictable surprise?
Malcolm Harvey surveys the victors and vanquished
School report – progress possible
Larry Flanagan argues education can improve with funding and the right policies
Last fantasy election?
Jim Cuthbert says we’re sleepwalking into big financial trouble
Patient at continuing risk
Lilian Macer assesses the health of our NHS
Neither Holyrood nor Westminster but …
Gordon Munro argues local government independence is wilting
Back to banning bombs
Making demands in the new political landscape remains the priority says Veronika Tudhope
EU: better out than in
Ian Davidson says boldness is required to liberate ourselves
‘Fixit’: the lesser of two EU evils
Colin Fox outlines the tasks for left ‘remainers’
Big Brother in Scotland
Tommy Kane argues for an undercover policing inquiry in Scotland
Trade but not as we know it
Liz Murray says a new wave of trade deals are changing the global governance rules
Trade Union Bill is now law
Carolyn Jones lays out a response to the new legislation
The unending imperialist war
Andrew Murray explains the reason for the continuing carnage
Remembering the blood of Spain
Mike Arnott recounts the civil war and its commemorations
Imperialism abroad – racism at home
Jock Morris says racism’s purpose is to divide and conquer
No liberation from technology
Allan Grogan says technology will exacerbate inequality
Self-employment and in-work poverty
Mike Danson and Laura Galloway show entrepreneurship is a new form of poverty for many
A great Scottish socialist novelist
Dave Sherry looks at the work of Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Agony of chronic pain
Dorothy-Grace Elder exposes the fear that leads to pain mismanagement
Failing at the first hurdle
Gregor Gall argues the Fair Work Framework fails because it’s not statutory
Book Reviews
'Objectors & Resistors:Opposition to Conscription & War in Scotland 1914-18' & 'Is there a Scottish Road to Socialism?'
Vladimir McTavish’s KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
The fifth Scottish parliamentary election of the post-devolution era has resulted in much nonsense being written.