John Swinney
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Scotland
Indyref powers, the stolen £400k, SNP cuts to continue at Holyrood
Socialist Party Scotland The Scottish Parliament voted this week to demand from Westminster the powers to hold a second independence…
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Scotland
Political fragmentation and polarisation in the run up to Holyrood poll
Philip Stott The SNP annual conference met over 11–13 October, just seven months before the Scottish Parliament election due in May…
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News & Analysis
Perth and Kinross UNISON strike for pay justice
Text of a Socialist Party Scotland leaflet Socialist Party Scotland offer our full support to the striking UNISON members at…
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News & Analysis
Ten years after the anti-austerity uprising – lessons from the 2014 indyref for today
Philip Stott The contrast between the insurgent mood that marked the run-up to September 18 2014 and the prospects for…
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News & Analysis
Fight Labour and SNP austerity
Editorial of issue 75 of the Socialist Update since this article was written the SNP government have announced £500 million…
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News & Analysis
Tories Out – but Labour and the SNP don’t stand for us
Fourteen years of Tory government look set to come to an end on 4 July, 2024. Fourteen years of the…
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Featured Articles
Scottish teachers in massive 48-hour strike for 10%
By Socialist Party Scotland members in the EIS The national 48-hour strike held on February 28 and March 1 by…
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SNP’s indyref2 ‘roadmap’ no substitute for a mass movement and socialist policies
Statement from Socialist Party Scotland’s executive committee The SNP-led Scottish government’s latest road map towards a second independence referendum has…
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Unions were right! Schools are not safe
Jim Halfpenny, West Dunbartonshire EIS joint branch secretary (personal capacity) As we move, once again, into a potential lockdown for…
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Victory over school exams scandal – Now let’s win on jobs, education and pay
Young Socialists Scotland statement The SNP-led Scottish government have been forced by mass pressure into a complete and humiliating climbdown…
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