Category: Politics
Strange death of Labour – and the SNP?
Where do radical reformist voters go these days? Labour is a spent force – and the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn will not bring with it a policy agenda worthy of the name. Here a SNP voter laments this and the fact that the SNP lacks reforming zeal. So far.
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Defining Labour: socialist or social democratic?
Labour’s bitter leadership struggle is often presented as a contest between socialists and social democrats. But what do these terms actually mean? And what resonance do they have today?
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Scotland should stay in the EU
“Scotland’s chances of remaining in the EU are good,” argues a former EU senior official in this sharp analysis of how the country can now look forward to a Brussels welcome and of what has changed since the 2014 and 2016 referendums.
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Can Scotland avoid Brexit?
Three options for Scotland’s post-EUref future – blocking Brexit, staying in the EU and the UK, becoming an independent EU member state – are examined here and found wanting. A constitutional crisis is more than likely.
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Searching for blue sky: looking again at the case for Lexit
Amidst the storm is it possible to discern how Britain’s (probable) exit from the EU may present opportunities for the left? Justin Reynolds takes a close look at the case for Lexit.
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