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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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Kenny MacAskill MP: “Why I’ve quit the SNP to join Salmond’s Alba party”

Kenny MacAskill MP
29 March, 2021

Kenny MacAskill MP is arguing that a new Scottish independence party will strengthen the case for a second referendum

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Using nuclear weapons to fight the Culture War: that’s Far Right government

Natalie Bennett
26 March, 2021

‘Centrism, leaving things much as they are, is no longer practically possible,’ says Natalie Bennett

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Prof Prem Sikka: Political institutions must be freed from the clutches of private money

Prem Sikka
26 March, 2021

‘We do not have a citizen-led democracy,’ says Professor Prem Sikka

Tory flag policy: A ‘cheap tactic’ to take people’s minds off Brexit, Covid and Nicola Sturgeon?

Dr David S. Smith
26 March, 2021

‘Flags bond insiders but make outsiders feel unwelcome,’ says Dr David S. Smith

Why we’re holding a Covid inquiry now, not waiting for the government

Samantha Wathen
25 March, 2021

We need to learn lessons ASAP.

Bristol ‘broken bones’ claim is latest in long line of police disinformation

Joe Lo
25 March, 2021

For as long as the police have existed, they’ve been misleading the press about protesters.

Boris who? Scottish Conservatives leave Johnson off campaign materials

Joe Lo
25 March, 2021

One Conserative told Sky News: “In Scotland, Boris is toxic”.

Daily Mail accuses Sturgeon of ‘trolling’ as she offers NHS staff a 4% pay rise

Joe Lo
25 March, 2021

Trolling? Or just common decency?

“A crime against democracy”: Outrage from Labour movement at news Starmer will back Whitehall control of Liverpool

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 March, 2021

A report in The Times that shows Keir Starmer plans to support Tory intervention of the running of Liverpool has enraged the Labour left.

Keir Starmer has picked the wrong fight with the PM’s military plans

Symon Hill
24 March, 2021

Keir Starmer has called for a vote in the Commons on Boris Johnson’s plan for a slight reduction in army personnel numbers. Why?

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