Opinion
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
Jamie Stone MP on Christmas, the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement
Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone recalls a Christmas 35 years ago
Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister
The government's honeymoon has been short lived.
Elon Musk potentially donating millions to Reform is a symptom of a broken system which allows big money to dominate our politics
When it comes to political donations, Musk is not the problem
The government’s Devolution White Paper is an outright attack on local democracy
'The continued denuding of local democracy will stymie real change and open the door to the far right even wider'
Tracy Gilbert MP: How Labour’s New Deal for workers will transform the lives of workers in Scotland
In Scotland, zero-hour contracts have hit record highs, with many people under employed with contracts averaging just 18.4 hours a week – far less than the stability needed to build a secure life.