Democracy & State > UK state
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Be afraid, be very afraid
04 Mar 2021
Gaby Rubin looks at the implications of the decision to deny Shamima Begum her British citizenship
Unionist wishful thinking
04 Mar 2021
The Salmond-Sturgeon rift has given hope to anti-independence forces, writes Paul Demarty. But the national question is not so easily dealt with
The Firm vs the Sussexes
25 Feb 2021
Monarchy is part reality TV show, part constitutional check on democracy, writes Eddie Ford
Fishy business in Holyrood
11 Feb 2021
With the Holyrood inquiry being branded a whitewash, Paul Demarty asks what really lies behind the Sturgeon-Salmond feud
Class, disease and fatality
04 Feb 2021
Britain has one of the very best vaccination programmes, writes Eddie Ford, but also one of the very worst death rates
Poor man’s pivot
04 Feb 2021
The government’s decision to join an Asia-Pacific free trade area is not likely to provide much shelter from economic headwinds, argues Paul Demarty
Rotting fish and carnage
28 Jan 2021
For many the Brexit dream has already turned into a nightmare, writes Eddie Ford
Light and air
28 Jan 2021
Paul Demarty insists that unrestricted free speech is central to the communist project
No dodging self-determination
21 Jan 2021
Whoever is chosen as leader, the Scottish Labour Party is cruising for a bruising, reckons Paul Demarty
A conservative revolution
14 Jan 2021
National sovereignty crystalised Gaelicism and late Victorian mores. Marc Mulholland argues, in his second article, that there was no transformation of popular consciousness
Back to square one
07 Jan 2021
The Covid catastrophe - fuelled by monumental incompetence - has forced the government to impose a new national lockdown. For the labour movement that is neither something to celebrate nor to vote for, writes Eddie Ford
End of the beginning
07 Jan 2021
The Brexit trade deal settles little - the EU will haunt British politics for years to come, writes Paul Demarty
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT III - Separatism, federalism, centralism
17 Dec 2020
Breaking apart existing states is not the road to socialism, but the road to defeat, writes Jack Conrad
Europe after Brexit
17 Dec 2020
As the British and European powers continue haggling, Paul Demarty assesses the state of the EU
Attack on right to report
17 Dec 2020
Bernard Mattson investigates the charges against Julian Assange and finds them wanting