Are you going to be in Edinburgh on Friday evening? Know anyone who will be? We need people who care about the exploitation being suffered by migrant workers in Qatar to help us protest at the…Read more…
Scotland: Setting the record straight
In a few weeks’ time, Jim Murphy will submit his ideas on how to revive Labour’s fortunes in Scotland. He will then leave the office of leader of the party in Scotland and a debate on his…Read more…
Hanging in the balance
The future of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) hangs in the balance as the new Scottish government look at the option of scrapping it yet again in a consultation set to close at the end…Read more…
When political tricks misfire
DEMONSTRATORS outside Kirkwall cathedral (pic from the Orcadian) and below, marching on Carmichael’s Shetlands office (BBC).
FORMER Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, the last Lib Dem MP…Read more…
Unions call for Murphy’s head
ASLEF and Unite say Scottish leader must stand down after disastrous General Election resultsRead more…
People’s Assembly Scotland: Greens top pledge against austerity followed by Labour then SNP
#GE2015 Most of Scotland’s election candidates who responded to the People’s Assembly Scotland’s petition against austerity have also signed up to it, pledging “to commit themselves to oppose all…Read more…
John Park’s article on Rebalancing the Economy
Today Unions21 was at Scottish TUC Congress with a standing-room-only fringe event in Ayr entitled: ‘The rebalancing act: How should we tackle inequality?’ . The event was the Scottish launch of…Read more…
Willie comes back to haunt the Highlands (and Britain’s secret state)
REMEMBERING WILLIAM McRAE and raising questions about his death. Ex-policeman Donald Morrison (in blue) and campaigner Mark MacNicol by memorial cairn.
IT could make a strong episode of ‘New…Read more…
Dirty Tricks department turned on Sturgeon: Was Memo Leaked or Faked?
SCOTTISH National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon remained centre stage this weekend, offering Labour’s Ed Miliband a deal to keep Tory David Cameron out of Downing Street. Writing in the…Read more…
Giving Scotland a reason to back Labour for social justice
As the dust still swirls after the referendum, the challenge is to bring the focus back to the Scotland we want to see now. Of course the ‘neverendum’ campaign will continue but at some point we will…Read more…