Scottish Politics
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The SNP in crisis one year on
Philip Stott A year has passed since the SNP was thrown into a huge crisis following the resignation of Nicola…
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Scottish Perspectives 2024: A new era of working class struggle and capitalist crisis
The following document was discussed and adopted by the Socialist Party Scotland congress in March 2024. International backdrop The tumultuous…
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Workers’ struggles continue – build the socialist alternative
Editorial of the Socialist – the paper of Socialist Party Scotland, issue 69 2022 witnessed the biggest strike wave in…
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Accelerating SNP crisis shows need for a real workers’ alternative
Philip Stott The crisis in the Scottish National Party (SNP), triggered by the resignation of party leader and Scotland’s first…
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Sturgeon resigns as pro-capitalist policies undermine SNP support
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as SNP leader and first minister has underscored, in spectacular fashion, the multi-faceted crisis that has engulfed…
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Supreme Court ruling – build mass working-class struggle for indyref2
Socialist Party Scotland statement The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish parliament does not have the right to…
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Biggest cuts in history of Scottish parliament announced by SNP-Green government
Philip Stott The SNP-led Scottish government – with the support of their Scottish Green ministers – have announced the biggest…
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Build a working-class political alternative: A response to George Kerevan
Matt Dobson In Scottish Left Review (Jul/Aug 2022), George Kerevan bemoaned what he sees as increased working-class support for the SNP in…
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Sturgeon’s indyref 2 announcement: mass working class struggle needed to deliver democratic rights
Socialist Party Scotland statement Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP/Scottish Green government have today announced their intention to hold a second…
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SNP/Green spending review is Thatcherism on steroids
Philip Stott reports The SNP/Scottish Green government’s spending review for the next five years has set in stone a regime…
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