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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
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
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT II - A joint oppressor
10 Dec 2020
Left nationalists are in thrall to a bogus history, argues Jack Conrad. Scotland was not subject to an English takeover with the 1707 Act of Union. Nor does Scotland suffer from English cultural imperialism
Test, treat, isolate and support
10 Dec 2020
Mohsen Shahmanesh examines the effectiveness, safety and likely take-up of the Covid vaccines
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT I - Mythical, feudal, combined
04 Dec 2020
Jack Conrad questions left-nationalist assumptions that Scotland is an ancient nation, which was reduced to the status of a mere English colony by the 1707 Act of Union
Dreams and cold realities
04 Dec 2020
With time fast running out, will it be a deal or no deal? Eddie Ford says both sides are nervous