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Category Archives: 2010 autumn
Editorial: Autumn 2010
During a period of major crisis for public services and jobs that will have lasting damaging affects for years to come, the Labour Party was at its introspective best. I am not saying that it should not have held a … Continue reading
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Making the Most of a Crisis
by John Foster Scottish government’s Independent Budget Review panel is chaired by Crawford Beveridge, currently an executive officer of the US multinational Sun Microsystems. On 29 July the panel published its report. It gives the Scottish government political cover for … Continue reading
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A Stranger in a Strange Land
by Elaine Smith MSP A BBC presenter recently said “we’re all feeling the squeeze”. Actually we’re not. In April, the Financial Times reported that the top 1% of the population owned nearly a quarter of the wealth. The Guardian recently … Continue reading
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United Against the Cuts
by Vince Mills The other articles in this issue of the Citizen have done an excellent job in exposing the political roots and reactionary objectives of the current attacks on the public sector and public sector unions. They have also … Continue reading
The Poor Must Pay
by Mike Cowley The Poor Must May for the Excesses of the Rich. Maybe they really are the smartest people in the room. Deferring our righteous disbelief for one moment, at any rate you have to hand it to them. … Continue reading
Keir Hardie Society
by Richard Leonard Lanarkshire born Keir Hardie is best remembered as the founder of the Labour Party, its first leader and the Party’s first Member of Parliament. Self educated and his politics forged by the injustice that beset him and … Continue reading
Capital Gains
by Gordon Munro The right wing and class driven approach of the Liberal Democrats (with 17 seats) became apparent in Edinburgh City Council when they chose, in 2007, to form a coalition with the SNP – the 3rd largest party … Continue reading
Jimmy Reid: A man of principle
Obituary by Elaine Smith MSP It’s never a good idea to put anyone on a pedestal – they’re human and so inevitably fall off. However, if I were to pick one person it would be Jimmy Reid. Undoubtedly, though, Jimmy … Continue reading
View from Parliament
by Graeme Morrice MP Being a newly-elected member of the UK Parliament is a strange affair. Naturally it is a very privileged position in which to be – a representative of the people in the country’s supreme decision making institution. … Continue reading
Book reviews: Inequality
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone (Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, Penguin) Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists (Daniel Dorling, Policy Press) Reviewed by John Slaven It was Peter Mandelson who famously said that “New Labour was fabulously … Continue reading