Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, December 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
SNP
Charities warn more needs to be done to end families being trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland
The Scottish National Party has come under fire over its handling of homeless families.
Tommy Sheppard MP: Keir Starmer’s attacks on the SNP show a great deal of ignorance
‘No-one believes that Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish Boris Johnson. Starmer doesn’t believe it himself. Yet, the Labour leadership tries to sell this fable.’
Steps the SNP is taking to make justice work for everyone
‘Improvements to Criminal Justice have been equally central to the ambitions of the SNP’.
EXCLUSIVE: Claims that the SNP is not pursuing independence are ‘bollocks’, says party president
“It seems to me that the dynamism within Scottish politics is there within the SNP.”
The SNP is clashing with workers over COP26 legacy
The COP 26 international climate summit loomed over the 2021 SNP conference, but its legacy is contested by workers.
SNP conference: Launching a strategy for independence?
Usually, foreign observers want to know just one thing about Scottish politics – is the country heading for a break with the UK?
Ian Blackford slams ‘new Tory poll tax’ of National Insurance hike
Ian Blackford has slammed plans by the UK’s Conservative government to hike National Insurance (NI) as a “new Tory poll tax” and claimed that independence is the only answer to a new wave of “austerity”.
SNP Conference votes for National Energy Company ditched by Scottish Government
SNP members have defied their own government by voting for a National Energy Company (NEC) ditched by party leaders just days ago.
SNP conference: After 14 years in power, what challenges are left to the SNP?
The party’s reign at the top of Scottish politics doesn’t stretch to the 1970s, but 14 years of power make it a rarity in European politics